diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/metadata/basic_widgets.py b/src/calibre/gui2/metadata/basic_widgets.py
index b0b7115ca1..8069864143 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/metadata/basic_widgets.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/metadata/basic_widgets.py
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ class SeriesEdit(MultiCompleteComboBox):
             if not val:
                 val = ''
             self.setEditText(val.strip())
-            self.setCursorPosition(0)
+            self.lineEdit().setCursorPosition(0)
 
         return property(fget=fget, fset=fset)
 
@@ -862,6 +862,7 @@ class TagsEdit(MultiCompleteLineEdit): # {{{
             if not val:
                 val = []
             self.setText(', '.join([x.strip() for x in val]))
+            self.setCursorPosition(0)
         return property(fget=fget, fset=fset)
 
     def initialize(self, db, id_):
@@ -928,6 +929,7 @@ class IdentifiersEdit(QLineEdit): # {{{
                 val = {}
             txt = ', '.join(['%s:%s'%(k, v) for k, v in val.iteritems()])
             self.setText(txt.strip())
+            self.setCursorPosition(0)
         return property(fget=fget, fset=fset)
 
     def initialize(self, db, id_):
@@ -977,7 +979,7 @@ class PublisherEdit(MultiCompleteComboBox): # {{{
             if not val:
                 val = ''
             self.setEditText(val.strip())
-            self.setCursorPosition(0)
+            self.lineEdit().setCursorPosition(0)
 
         return property(fget=fget, fset=fset)
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/metadata/single.py b/src/calibre/gui2/metadata/single.py
index 2ef183fca5..1c761519d7 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/metadata/single.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/metadata/single.py
@@ -16,11 +16,12 @@ from PyQt4.Qt import (Qt, QVBoxLayout, QHBoxLayout, QWidget, QPushButton,
         QSizePolicy, QPalette, QFrame, QSize, QKeySequence)
 
 from calibre.ebooks.metadata import authors_to_string, string_to_authors
-from calibre.gui2 import ResizableDialog, error_dialog, gprefs
+from calibre.gui2 import ResizableDialog, error_dialog, gprefs, pixmap_to_data
 from calibre.gui2.metadata.basic_widgets import (TitleEdit, AuthorsEdit,
     AuthorSortEdit, TitleSortEdit, SeriesEdit, SeriesIndexEdit, IdentifiersEdit,
     RatingEdit, PublisherEdit, TagsEdit, FormatsManager, Cover, CommentsEdit,
     BuddyLabel, DateEdit, PubdateEdit)
+from calibre.gui2.metadata.single_download import FullFetch
 from calibre.gui2.custom_column_widgets import populate_metadata_page
 from calibre.utils.config import tweaks
 
@@ -303,7 +304,15 @@ class MetadataSingleDialogBase(ResizableDialog):
             self.comments.current_val = mi.comments
 
     def fetch_metadata(self, *args):
-        pass # TODO: fetch metadata
+        d = FullFetch(self.cover.pixmap(), self)
+        ret = d.start(title=self.title.current_val, authors=self.authors.current_val,
+                identifiers=self.identifiers.current_val)
+        if ret == d.Accepted:
+            mi = d.book
+            if mi is not None:
+                self.update_from_mi(mi)
+            if d.cover_pixmap is not None:
+                self.cover.current_val = pixmap_to_data(d.cover_pixmap)
     # }}}
 
     def apply_changes(self):
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/metadata/single_download.py b/src/calibre/gui2/metadata/single_download.py
index 64923e9afb..16fb1b42f2 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/metadata/single_download.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/metadata/single_download.py
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ class IdentifyWidget(QWidget): # {{{
         if authors:
             parts.append('authors:'+authors_to_string(authors))
         if identifiers:
-            x = ', '.join('%s:%s'%(k, v) for k, v in identifiers)
+            x = ', '.join('%s:%s'%(k, v) for k, v in identifiers.iteritems())
             parts.append(x)
         self.query.setText(_('Query: ')+'; '.join(parts))
         self.log(unicode(self.query.text()))
@@ -755,6 +755,10 @@ class LogViewer(QDialog): # {{{
 
         self.bb = QDialogButtonBox(QDialogButtonBox.Close)
         l.addWidget(self.bb)
+        self.copy_button = self.bb.addButton(_('Copy to clipboard'),
+                self.bb.ActionRole)
+        self.copy_button.clicked.connect(self.copy_to_clipboard)
+        self.copy_button.setIcon(QIcon(I('edit-copy.png')))
         self.bb.rejected.connect(self.reject)
         self.bb.accepted.connect(self.accept)
 
@@ -769,6 +773,9 @@ class LogViewer(QDialog): # {{{
 
         self.show()
 
+    def copy_to_clipboard(self):
+        QApplication.clipboard().setText(''.join(self.log.plain_text))
+
     def stop(self, *args):
         self.keep_updating = False
 
@@ -785,9 +792,10 @@ class LogViewer(QDialog): # {{{
 
 class FullFetch(QDialog): # {{{
 
-    def __init__(self, log, current_cover=None, parent=None):
+    def __init__(self, current_cover=None, parent=None):
         QDialog.__init__(self, parent)
-        self.log, self.current_cover = log, current_cover
+        self.current_cover = current_cover
+        self.log = Log()
         self.book = self.cover_pixmap = None
 
         self.setWindowTitle(_('Downloading metadata...'))
@@ -813,7 +821,7 @@ class FullFetch(QDialog): # {{{
         self.log_button.setIcon(QIcon(I('debug.png')))
         self.ok_button.setVisible(False)
 
-        self.identify_widget = IdentifyWidget(log, self)
+        self.identify_widget = IdentifyWidget(self.log, self)
         self.identify_widget.rejected.connect(self.reject)
         self.identify_widget.results_found.connect(self.identify_results_found)
         self.identify_widget.book_selected.connect(self.book_selected)
@@ -870,12 +878,12 @@ class FullFetch(QDialog): # {{{
         self.title, self.authors = title, authors
         self.identify_widget.start(title=title, authors=authors,
                 identifiers=identifiers)
-        self.exec_()
+        return self.exec_()
 # }}}
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     #DEBUG_DIALOG = True
     app = QApplication([])
-    d = FullFetch(Log())
+    d = FullFetch()
     d.start(title='jurassic', authors=['crichton'])