From 28a70926ab5ed78f676bbe2d50b404f8e3b2a463 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Hall <nick__hall@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2014 19:32:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] 7711: Fix tree views in python3

---
 gramps/gui/views/treemodels/treebasemodel.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gramps/gui/views/treemodels/treebasemodel.py b/gramps/gui/views/treemodels/treebasemodel.py
index fa1048b69..61181f073 100644
--- a/gramps/gui/views/treemodels/treebasemodel.py
+++ b/gramps/gui/views/treemodels/treebasemodel.py
@@ -90,10 +90,10 @@ class Node(object):
             #sortkey must be localized sort, so 
             self.sortkey = glocale.sort_key(sortkey)
             if not self.sortkey:
-                self.sortkey = ''
+                self.sortkey = b''
         else:
             self.name = ''
-            self.sortkey = ''
+            self.sortkey = b''
         self.ref = ref
         self.handle = handle
         self.secondary = secondary