From 6fad8595e1c3b40ed9db61796cc78de166924d1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mathieu Scheltienne <mathieu.scheltienne@fcbg.ch>
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2024 15:48:35 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] correctly retrieve idx of bad channels

---
 mne/viz/topo.py | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mne/viz/topo.py b/mne/viz/topo.py
index 1db92b26d1f..358f00f1d78 100644
--- a/mne/viz/topo.py
+++ b/mne/viz/topo.py
@@ -975,7 +975,15 @@ def _plot_evoked_topo(
     if layout is None:
         layout = find_layout(info, exclude=exclude)
     else:
-        layout = layout.pick("all", exclude=_picks_to_idx(info, "all", exclude=exclude))
+        layout = layout.pick(
+            "all",
+            exclude=_picks_to_idx(
+                info,
+                exclude if exclude != "bads" else info["bads"],
+                exclude=(),
+                allow_empty=True,
+            ),
+        )
 
     if not merge_channels:
         # XXX. at the moment we are committed to 1- / 2-sensor-types layouts