From 687e39ad2cb4011c5c68b8b1ebb0697272263f37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Corvin <corvinszimion@googlemail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2025 16:22:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] update SmartHint.IsContentNullOrEmpty on initial load

---
 src/MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf/SmartHint.cs | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf/SmartHint.cs b/src/MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf/SmartHint.cs
index 41c8245531..e065552145 100644
--- a/src/MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf/SmartHint.cs
+++ b/src/MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf/SmartHint.cs
@@ -253,6 +253,8 @@ private void RefreshState(bool useTransitions)
         if (proxy is null) return;
         if (!proxy.IsVisible) return;
 
+        IsContentNullOrEmpty = proxy.IsEmpty();
+
         var action = new Action(() =>
         {
             string state = string.Empty;

From eb478804812d9c3b120008b09380cd0726cd1284 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Corvin <corvinszimion@googlemail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2025 13:45:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] added test case

---
 .../WPF/TextBoxes/TextBoxTests.cs             | 27 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tests/MaterialDesignThemes.UITests/WPF/TextBoxes/TextBoxTests.cs b/tests/MaterialDesignThemes.UITests/WPF/TextBoxes/TextBoxTests.cs
index 014ec3d53e..cb99989ac5 100644
--- a/tests/MaterialDesignThemes.UITests/WPF/TextBoxes/TextBoxTests.cs
+++ b/tests/MaterialDesignThemes.UITests/WPF/TextBoxes/TextBoxTests.cs
@@ -585,6 +585,33 @@ await Wait.For(async() =>
 
         recorder.Success();
     }
+
+    [Test]
+    [Description("Issue 3914")]
+    public async Task TextBox_ClearButtonRemainsHidden_WhenInitiallyCollapsedAndMadeVisible()
+    {
+        await using var recorder = new TestRecorder(App);
+
+        var grid = await LoadXaml<Grid>($"""
+            <Grid Margin="30">
+                <TextBox Visibility="Collapsed"
+                         VerticalAlignment="Center"
+                         materialDesign:TextFieldAssist.HasClearButton="True">
+                </TextBox>
+            </Grid>
+         """);
+
+        var textBox = await grid.GetElement<TextBox>("/TextBox");
+
+        await textBox.SetVisibility(Visibility.Visible);
+
+        var clearButton = await grid.GetElement<Button>("PART_ClearButton");
+        Visibility clearButtonVisibility = await clearButton.GetVisibility();
+
+        await Assert.That(clearButtonVisibility).IsEqualTo(Visibility.Collapsed);
+
+        recorder.Success();
+    }
 }
 
 public class NotEmptyValidationRule : ValidationRule