From 57ee4a0fb6dcbb0fe7792251d0a8ca142af06405 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Haley <>
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:45:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Prevent creation of empty saved searches

---
 src/calibre/gui2/search_box.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/search_box.py b/src/calibre/gui2/search_box.py
index ddcd02cce5..1ae6b23fdb 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/search_box.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/search_box.py
@@ -332,6 +332,10 @@ class SavedSearchBox(QComboBox): # {{{
         name = unicode(self.currentText())
         if not name.strip():
             name = unicode(self.search_box.text()).replace('"', '')
+        if not (name and self.search_box.text()):
+            error_dialog(self, _('Create saved search'),
+                         _('There is no search to save'), show=True)
+            return
         saved_searches().delete(name)
         saved_searches().add(name, unicode(self.search_box.text()))
         # now go through an initialization cycle to ensure that the combobox has