From 79231df21ce121eb101d002ae4c346cb278b737c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Haley <>
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 10:11:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Make bulk edit of custom columns respect the "apply changes"
 box even if the value to set has not changed.

---
 src/calibre/gui2/custom_column_widgets.py | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/custom_column_widgets.py b/src/calibre/gui2/custom_column_widgets.py
index 0f5bb0a1c9..3597b0fb19 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/custom_column_widgets.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/custom_column_widgets.py
@@ -622,8 +622,7 @@ class BulkBase(Base):
             return
         val = self.gui_val
         val = self.normalize_ui_val(val)
-        if val != self.initial_val:
-            self.db.set_custom_bulk(book_ids, val, num=self.col_id, notify=notify)
+        self.db.set_custom_bulk(book_ids, val, num=self.col_id, notify=notify)
 
     def make_widgets(self, parent, main_widget_class, extra_label_text=''):
         w = QWidget(parent)
@@ -1030,8 +1029,7 @@ class BulkText(BulkBase):
         else:
             val = self.gui_val
             val = self.normalize_ui_val(val)
-            if val != self.initial_val:
-                self.db.set_custom_bulk(book_ids, val, num=self.col_id, notify=notify)
+            self.db.set_custom_bulk(book_ids, val, num=self.col_id, notify=notify)
 
     def getter(self):
         if self.col_metadata['is_multiple']: