# Ctrl+S to save not working reliably in 4.17 **URL:** \ **Category:** Community & Industry Discussion\ **Tags:** keybindings, unreal-engine, saving, question\ **Created:** [July 16, 2017, 11:27pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ctrl-s-to-save-not-working-reliably-in-4-17/400229 "2017-07-16T23:27:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeblote](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Zeblote](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Zeblote)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2017, 11:27pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ctrl-s-to-save-not-working-reliably-in-4-17/400229/1 "2017-07-16T23:27:28Z")
Pretty much as the title says. I just created a new project using the first person template to test some of the new features, and ctrl+s is acting wonky in the material editor and does not work at all for saving changes to the map. ---
**Author:** ![michael93](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@michael93](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/michael93)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ctrl-s-to-save-not-working-reliably-in-4-17/400229/2 "2017-07-17T08:21:22Z")
Sorry if this isn’t want you want to know, but you use Ctrl-Shift-S to save all assets ---
**Author:** ![Zeblote](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Zeblote](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Zeblote)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ctrl-s-to-save-not-working-reliably-in-4-17/400229/3 "2017-07-17T16:19:17Z")
First: I did not mark this as accepted… it was already like this and I can’t seem to turn it back off?? What? ctrl-shift-s works as a temporary workaround though, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_2272e678](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_2272e678](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_2272e678)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ctrl-s-to-save-not-working-reliably-in-4-17/400229/4 "2017-07-17T18:21:57Z")
Hi Zeblote, If you open Editor Preferences and type “save” into the search bar, you should be able to change the default key bindings for Save in the Level Editor window which will give you the control you’re after. Thanks, ---
**Author:** ![Zeblote](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Zeblote](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Zeblote)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ctrl-s-to-save-not-working-reliably-in-4-17/400229/5 "2017-07-17T18:27:41Z")
Thanks! I never realized I could change the key bindings in the editor, the more you know… it was indeed empty. Is there any reason why this is no longer set in 4.17? In all of my 4.16 projects the keybind is set to ctrl-s by default. ---
**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_2272e678](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_2272e678](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_2272e678)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ctrl-s-to-save-not-working-reliably-in-4-17/400229/6 "2017-07-17T18:46:47Z")
Hi Zeblote, Looks like you’re correct and it was accidentally removed during a merge. It might be too late to fix this for 4.17 unfortunately but I’ll create a bug ticket and ensure it gets tracked ([UE-47329](https://issues.unrealengine.com/issue/UE-47329) once public). Hopefully manually binding lets you keep your workflows for now. Thanks for the report, ---
**Author:** ![Zeblote](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Zeblote](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Zeblote)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ctrl-s-to-save-not-working-reliably-in-4-17/400229/7 "2017-07-17T18:55:14Z")
Yep, it’s all good. But if this isn’t fixed in time for 4.17, you might get a lot of similar reports, everyone will notice it 😃 Also, why does adding a comment un-accept the answer? Strange. ---
**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_2272e678](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_2272e678](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_2272e678)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ctrl-s-to-save-not-working-reliably-in-4-17/400229/8 "2017-07-17T20:55:09Z")
Fixed for the next 4.17 build. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![P1rw](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/p1rw/32/471604_2.png) [@P1rw](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/P1rw)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ctrl-s-to-save-not-working-reliably-in-4-17/400229/9 "2022-03-30T14:39:29Z")
For me none of the commands work unless I have first clicked in the viewport. ---
**Author:** ![dwigt](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@dwigt](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/dwigt)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ctrl-s-to-save-not-working-reliably-in-4-17/400229/10 "2023-02-27T08:33:57Z")
Thanks, that is also the case for me.