Force document save when manually calling save document

novelwriter/gui/mainmenu.py

@@ -25,16 +25,16 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import logging
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-from PyQt5.QtGui import QDesktopServices
 from PyQt5.QtCore import QUrl, pyqtSignal, pyqtSlot
-from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QMenuBar, QAction
+from PyQt5.QtGui import QDesktopServices
+from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QAction, QMenuBar
 
 from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.common import openExternalPath
-from novelwriter.constants import nwConst, trConst, nwKeyWords, nwLabels, nwUnicode
+from novelwriter.constants import nwConst, nwKeyWords, nwLabels, nwUnicode, trConst
 from novelwriter.enum import nwDocAction, nwDocInsert, nwView, nwWidget
 from novelwriter.extensions.eventfilters import StatusTipFilter
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ class GuiMainMenu(QMenuBar):
         # Document > Save
         self.aSaveDoc = self.docuMenu.addAction(self.tr("Save Document"))
         self.aSaveDoc.setShortcut("Ctrl+S")
-        self.aSaveDoc.triggered.connect(self.mainGui.saveDocument)
+        self.aSaveDoc.triggered.connect(self.mainGui.forceSaveDocument)
 
         # Document > Close
         self.aCloseDoc = self.docuMenu.addAction(self.tr("Close Document"))

novelwriter/guimain.py

@@ -575,12 +575,18 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
                 self.openDocument(fHandle, tLine=1, doScroll=True)
         return
 
-    @pyqtSlot()
+    def saveDocument(self, force: bool = False) -> None:
-    def saveDocument(self) -> None:
         """Save the current documents."""
-        self.docEditor.saveCursorPosition()
+        if SHARED.hasProject:
-        if SHARED.hasProject and self.docEditor.docChanged:
+            self.docEditor.saveCursorPosition()
-            self.docEditor.saveText()
+            if force or self.docEditor.docChanged:
+                self.docEditor.saveText()
+        return
+
+    @pyqtSlot()
+    def forceSaveDocument(self) -> None:
+        """Save document even of it has not changed."""
+        self.saveDocument(force=True)
         return
 
     def viewDocument(self, tHandle: str | None = None, sTitle: str | None = None) -> bool:

tests/test_gui/test_gui_guimain.py

@@ -522,6 +522,8 @@ def testGuiMain_Editing(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, projPath, tstPaths, mockRnd):
     assert docEditor.docChanged
     nwGUI.saveDocument()
     assert docEditor.docChanged is False
+    nwGUI.forceSaveDocument()
+    assert docEditor.docChanged is False
     nwGUI.rebuildIndex()
 
     # Open and view the edited document