From d62fde1237f7433b230297e6494dfdec331951e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raoul Snyman <raoul.snyman@saturnlaboratories.co.za>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:03:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] A potential fix for bug #812628.

---
 openlp/plugins/songs/forms/editsongform.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/openlp/plugins/songs/forms/editsongform.py b/openlp/plugins/songs/forms/editsongform.py
index 91fff151b..a33f3cc04 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/songs/forms/editsongform.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/songs/forms/editsongform.py
@@ -361,7 +361,9 @@ class EditSongForm(QtGui.QDialog, Ui_EditSongDialog):
 
     def onAuthorAddButtonClicked(self):
         item = int(self.authorsComboBox.currentIndex())
-        text = unicode(self.authorsComboBox.currentText())
+        text = unicode(self.authorsComboBox.currentText()).strip(u' \r\n\t')
+        if text in self.authors:
+            item = self.authors.index(text)
         if item == 0 and text:
             if QtGui.QMessageBox.question(self,
                 translate('SongsPlugin.EditSongForm', 'Add Author'),