# Ctrl-S for save state

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/ctrl-s-for-save-state/16804
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Tags:** proposal
**Created:** [June 12, 2025, 11:41am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/ctrl-s-for-save-state/16804 "2025-06-12T11:41:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![jan\_brezina](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/jan_brezina/32/16581_2.png) [@jan\_brezina](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jan_brezina)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2025, 11:41am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/ctrl-s-for-save-state/16804/1 "2025-06-12T11:41:58Z")

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When working with paraview, most of the time is invested into pipeline represented by the state file. So the primary save shortcut should be associated with that.  
To enable that, separate Save and Save As should be considered for the state.

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2025, 11:43am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/ctrl-s-for-save-state/16804/2 "2025-06-12T11:43:50Z")

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I do not agree that this is an universal scenario and Ctrl+S is already assigned to SaveData.

That being said, you can just modify the shortcuts in Tools → Customize Shortcuts.