diff --git wp-admin/js/edit-comments.dev.js wp-admin/js/edit-comments.dev.js
index 177dc86..0dbc0a6 100644
--- wp-admin/js/edit-comments.dev.js
+++ wp-admin/js/edit-comments.dev.js
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ commentReply = {
 
 		this.comments_listing = $('#comments-form > input[name="comment_status"]').val() || '';
 		
-		$(listTable).bind('beforeChangePage', function(){
+		$(listTable).bind('forceUpdateRow', function(){
 			commentReply.close();
 		});
 	},
@@ -297,7 +297,8 @@ commentReply = {
 	},
 
 	revert : function() {
-
+		listTable.is_editing(false);
+		
 		if ( $('#the-comment-list #replyrow').length < 1 )
 			return false;
 
@@ -310,7 +311,7 @@ commentReply = {
 
 	close : function() {
 		var c;
-
+		listTable.is_editing(false);
 		if ( this.cid ) {
 			c = $('#comment-' + this.cid);
 
@@ -337,6 +338,7 @@ commentReply = {
 		var t = this, editRow, rowData, act, h, c = $('#comment-' + id);
 		t.close();
 		t.cid = id;
+		listTable.is_editing(true);
 
 		editRow = $('#replyrow');
 		rowData = $('#inline-'+id);
diff --git wp-admin/js/inline-edit-post.dev.js wp-admin/js/inline-edit-post.dev.js
index 1a257c6..dc041a1 100644
--- wp-admin/js/inline-edit-post.dev.js
+++ wp-admin/js/inline-edit-post.dev.js
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ inlineEditPost = {
 			if ( $('form#posts-filter tr.inline-editor').length > 0 )
 				t.revert();
 		});
+		
+		$(listTable).bind('forceUpdateRow', function(){
+			inlineEditPost.revert();
+		});
 	},
 
 	toggle : function(el){
@@ -88,7 +92,8 @@ inlineEditPost = {
 	setBulk : function(){
 		var te = '', type = this.type, tax, c = true;
 		this.revert();
-
+		listTable.is_editing(true);
+		
 		$('#bulk-edit td').attr('colspan', $('.widefat:first thead th:visible').length);
 		$('table.widefat tbody').prepend( $('#bulk-edit') );
 		$('#bulk-edit').addClass('inline-editor').show();
@@ -124,7 +129,8 @@ inlineEditPost = {
 	edit : function(id) {
 		var t = this, fields, editRow, rowData, cats, status, pageOpt, pageLevel, nextPage, pageLoop = true, nextLevel, tax;
 		t.revert();
-
+		listTable.is_editing(true);
+		
 		if ( typeof(id) == 'object' )
 			id = t.getId(id);
 
@@ -257,7 +263,7 @@ inlineEditPost = {
 
 	revert : function(){
 		var id = $('table.widefat tr.inline-editor').attr('id');
-
+		listTable.is_editing(false);
 		if ( id ) {
 			$('table.widefat .inline-edit-save .waiting').hide();
 
diff --git wp-admin/js/list-table.dev.js wp-admin/js/list-table.dev.js
index 7d94ad2..19395ac 100644
--- wp-admin/js/list-table.dev.js
+++ wp-admin/js/list-table.dev.js
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ window.listTable = {
 		if ( this.loading )
 			return false;
 
-		var different = false, data = {};
+		var different = false, data = {}, order, orderby, sorted, defaultOrder;
 
 		$.each(args, function(key, val) {
-			if ( val != $.query.GET(key) ) {
+			if ( val != $.query.GET(key) ) { 
 				$.query.SET(key, val);
 				different = true;
 			}
@@ -61,15 +61,37 @@ window.listTable = {
 		});
 
 		this._callback = callback;
-
+		
 		this.fetch_list(
 			data,
 			$.proxy(this, 'handle_success'),
 			$.proxy(this, 'handle_error')
 		);
+		
+		this.confirm_editing();
 
 		return true;
 	},
+	
+	confirm_editing : function() {
+		if (this.is_editing()) {
+			this.force_update_rows = confirm(listTableL10n.warn_update_rows);
+			if (this.force_update_rows) {
+				$(this).trigger('forceUpdateRow');
+				if (this.response_cache) {
+					this.handle_success(this.response_cache);
+					this.response_cache = false;
+				}
+				if (this.sortable_cache) {
+					this.sortable_cache.find('a').click();
+					this.sortable_cache = false;
+				}
+				this.force_update_rows = false;
+			} else {
+				this.stop_loading();
+			}
+		}
+	},
 
 	fetch_list: function(data, success_callback, error_callback) {
 		data = $.extend(data, {
@@ -86,32 +108,50 @@ window.listTable = {
 			error: error_callback
 		});
 	},
+	
+	is_editing : function(val) {
+		if (typeof val == 'undefined') {
+			return this.is_editing._i || false;
+		} else {
+			this.is_editing._i = val;
+
+			if (val) {
+				this.stop_loading();
+			}
+		}
+	},
 
 	handle_success: function(response) {
 		if ( 'object' != typeof response ) {
 			this.handle_error();
 		} else {
 			this.stop_loading();
+			
+			if ( ! this.is_editing() || this.force_update_rows ) {
+				$('div.updated, div.error').not('.persistent, .inline').remove();
 
-			$('div.updated, div.error').not('.persistent, .inline').remove();
+				this.$tbody.html(response.rows);
 
-			this.$tbody.html(response.rows);
+				$('.displaying-num').html(response.total_items_i18n);
+				$('.total-pages').html(response.total_pages_i18n);
 
-			$('.displaying-num').html(response.total_items_i18n);
-			$('.total-pages').html(response.total_pages_i18n);
+				this.set_total_pages(response.total_pages);
 
-			this.set_total_pages(response.total_pages);
+				$('.current-page').val($.query.GET('paged'));
 
-			$('.current-page').val($.query.GET('paged'));
+				$('th.column-cb :input').attr('checked', false);
 
-			$('th.column-cb :input').attr('checked', false);
+				if ( history.replaceState ) {
+					history.replaceState({}, '', location.pathname + $.query);
+				}
 
-			if ( history.replaceState ) {
-				history.replaceState({}, '', location.pathname + $.query);
+				if ( this._callback )
+					this._callback();
+				
+				this.response_cache = false;
+			} else {
+				this.response_cache = response;
 			}
-
-			if ( this._callback )
-				this._callback();
 		}
 	},
 
@@ -192,44 +232,47 @@ listTable.init();
 		return false;
 	});
 
+	function get_initial_order($el) {
+		return $.query.load( $el.find('a').attr('href') ).get('order');
+	}
+
 	// sortable columns
 	$('th.sortable a, th.sorted a').click(function() {
-
-		function get_initial_order($el) {
-			return $.query.load( $el.find('a').attr('href') ).get('order');
-		}
-
-		var $link = $(this),
-			$th = $link.parent('th'),
-			thIndex = $th.index(),
-			orderby = $.query.load( $link.attr('href') ).get('orderby'),
-			order;
-
-		// th should include both headers in thead and tfoot
-		$th = $th.closest('table').find('thead th:eq(' + thIndex + '), tfoot th:eq(' + thIndex + ')');
-
-		if ( orderby == $.query.get('orderby') ) {
-			// changing the direction
-			order = ( 'asc' == $.query.get('order') ) ? 'desc' : 'asc';
-		} else {
-			// changing the parameter
-			order = get_initial_order($th);
-
-			var $old_th = $('th.sorted');
-			if ( $old_th.length ) {
-				$old_th.removeClass('sorted').addClass('sortable');
-				$old_th.removeClass('desc').removeClass('asc').addClass(
-					'asc' == get_initial_order( $old_th ) ? 'desc' : 'asc'
-				);
+		if (! listTable.is_editing()) {
+			var $link = $(this),
+				$th = $link.parent('th'),
+				thIndex = $th.index(),
+				orderby = $.query.load( $link.attr('href') ).get('orderby'),
+				order;
+
+			// th should include both headers in thead and tfoot
+			$th = $th.closest('table').find('thead th:eq(' + thIndex + '), tfoot th:eq(' + thIndex + ')');
+
+			if ( orderby == $.query.get('orderby') ) {
+				// changing the direction
+				order = ( 'asc' == $.query.get('order') ) ? 'desc' : 'asc';
+			} else {
+				// changing the parameter
+				order = get_initial_order($th);
+
+				var $old_th = $('th.sorted');
+				if ( $old_th.length ) {
+					$old_th.removeClass('sorted').addClass('sortable');
+					$old_th.removeClass('desc').removeClass('asc').addClass(
+						'asc' == get_initial_order( $old_th ) ? 'desc' : 'asc'
+					);
+				}
+
+				$th.removeClass('sortable').addClass('sorted');
 			}
 
-			$th.removeClass('sortable').addClass('sorted');
+			$th.removeClass('desc').removeClass('asc').addClass(order);
+			listTable.update_rows({'orderby' : orderby, 'order' : order}, true);
+			listTable.sortable_cache = false;
+		} else {
+			listTable.sortable_cache = $(this).parents('th');
+			listTable.confirm_editing();
 		}
-
-		$th.removeClass('desc').removeClass('asc').addClass(order);
-
-		listTable.update_rows({'orderby': orderby, 'order': order}, true);
-
 		return false;
 	});
 
diff --git wp-includes/script-loader.php wp-includes/script-loader.php
index 706fd0a..e825e18 100644
--- wp-includes/script-loader.php
+++ wp-includes/script-loader.php
@@ -309,7 +309,8 @@ function wp_default_scripts( &$scripts ) {
 		$scripts->localize( 'list-table', 'listTableL10n', array(
 			'error' => __('An error has occurred while loading the items.'),
 			'search' => __('Search results for &#8220;%s&#8221;'),
-			'l10n_print_after' => 'try{convertEntities(listTableL10n);}catch(e){};'
+			'l10n_print_after' => 'try{convertEntities(listTableL10n);}catch(e){};',
+			'warn_update_rows' => __("The changes you made will be lost if you proceed. 'Cancel' to stop, 'OK' to continue."),
 		) );
 
 		$scripts->add( 'admin-comments', "/wp-admin/js/edit-comments$suffix.js", array('wp-lists', 'list-table', 'jquery-ui-resizable', 'quicktags'), '20101223' );