[jlutes]

I was preparing to make a number of changes via edit bulk metadata to a group of books. First, the title also contained the series and series_index. I sent to the search and replace tab to begin the process of moving the series_index and before I completed it, I thought I should go back to the basic metadata tab and place the series name in first. It appears that when I clicked apply both tabs ran and it messed up my titles.
I post this just because this was unexpected behavior (I thought only the visible tab would run) and I saw no indication that there would be changes generated from both. As someone who changes gears routinely during a project I guess I'll just have to be more careful...or am i missing a setting/indicator that will warn people like me before we click apply? Also, is there a setting to keep fields filled in after hitting apply? The pull-downs speed up the process but not as fast as being able to just change what was in the field beforehand.