diff --git a/src/js/filemanager.js b/src/js/filemanager.js
index 271317d57..88f546eb9 100644
--- a/src/js/filemanager.js
+++ b/src/js/filemanager.js
@@ -782,6 +782,16 @@ app.controller('FileManagerController', ['$scope', '$translate', '$timeout', 'Cl
         });
     });
 
+    // handle save shortcuts
+    window.addEventListener('keydown', function (event) {
+        if((navigator.platform.match('Mac') ? event.metaKey : event.ctrlKey) && event.key === 's') {
+            if ($scope.view === 'textEditor') {
+                $scope.textEditor.save();
+                event.preventDefault();
+            }
+        }
+    });
+
     $translate(['filemanager.list.menu.rename', 'filemanager.list.menu.chown', 'filemanager.list.menu.extract', 'filemanager.list.menu.download', 'filemanager.list.menu.delete' ]).then(function (tr) {
         $scope.menuOptions = [
             {