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] 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