1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/texteditor.cpp b/src/texteditor.cpp
index 78ce1610..99490b22 100644
--- a/src/texteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/texteditor.cpp
@@ -60,9 +60,19 @@ void TextEditor::setDefaultStyle()
 bool TextEditor::load(const QString& filename)
 {
   m_filename = filename;
-  setPlainText(MOBase::readFileText(filename, &m_encoding));
+  clear();
+
+  const QString s = MOBase::readFileText(filename, &m_encoding);
+
+  setPlainText(s);
   document()->setModified(false);
 
+  if (s.isEmpty()) {
+    // the modificationChanged even is not fired by the setModified() call
+    // above when the text being set is empty
+    onModified(false);
+  }
+
   return true;
 }