From 1e7d329962804b75a81cd63d91a89178d6fe9a39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Veronica Berglyd Olsen <1619840+vkbo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 19:04:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Force conistency of ROOT item settings

---
 novelwriter/core/item.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/novelwriter/core/item.py b/novelwriter/core/item.py
index e23b4fb9..54913b4a 100644
--- a/novelwriter/core/item.py
+++ b/novelwriter/core/item.py
@@ -239,6 +239,11 @@ class NWItem():
                 # version of novelWriter that doesn't know the tag
                 logger.error("Unknown tag '%s'", xValue.tag)
 
+        # Make some checks to ensure consistency
+        if self._type == nwItemType.ROOT:
+            self._root = self._handle  # Root items are their own ancestor
+            self._parent = None        # Root items cannot have a parent
+
         return True
 
     @staticmethod

From 9ee4d1b2cdcd6398dfe3860f7253f86b01072157 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Veronica Berglyd Olsen <1619840+vkbo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 8 May 2022 17:52:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Reset meta data for folders

---
 novelwriter/core/item.py | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/novelwriter/core/item.py b/novelwriter/core/item.py
index 54913b4a..88650475 100644
--- a/novelwriter/core/item.py
+++ b/novelwriter/core/item.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class NWItem():
         nameAttrib["status"] = str(self._status)
         nameAttrib["import"] = str(self._import)
         if self._type == nwItemType.FILE:
-            nameAttrib["exported"]  = str(self._exported)
+            nameAttrib["exported"] = str(self._exported)
 
         xPack = etree.SubElement(xParent, "item", attrib=itemAttrib)
         self._subPack(xPack, "meta", attrib=metaAttrib)
@@ -244,6 +244,12 @@ class NWItem():
             self._root = self._handle  # Root items are their own ancestor
             self._parent = None        # Root items cannot have a parent
 
+        if self._type != nwItemType.FILE:
+            self._charCount = 0  # Only set for files
+            self._wordCount = 0  # Only set for files
+            self._paraCount = 0  # Only set for files
+            self._cursorPos = 0  # Only set for files
+
         return True
 
     @staticmethod