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Old 03-02-2015, 03:11 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by BetterRed View Post
I assume single metadata edit refreshes too, but the OP mentioned 'direct editing', which is what I do for everything... except Comments
But it doesn't! Anything short of a bulk edit will not refresh -- because that can have ramifications practically everywhere, so calibre just recalculates everything -- vs the single edit modes (either dedicated dialog or editing the spreadsheet directly) where calibre can simply update a single cell/row in-place.

That is what I was saying, that direct editing follows a pattern which matches single edit.

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Yes I knew Esc cleared the search bar, but I recently discovered it also refreshes the current VL - I suspect it's been ever thus

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It has for quite some time, as I remember it. Makes sense according to my guess why.
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