QGIS Shortcuts – Adding Shortcut Key for Save Layer Edits in QGIS

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Is there a shortcut key to save layer edits in QGIS? If not, how to create one then?

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In QGIS, go to Settings -> Keyboard Shortcuts... -> search for "Edit" and you can set a shortcut since there is no default. For more infos: https://docs.qgis.org/3.22/en/docs/user_manual/introduction/qgis_configuration.html#keyboard-shortcuts

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Your code doesn't work because you call layer.commitChanges() immediately after startEditing() which, by default, finishes the editing command if the commit is successful. To avoid this behavior, you can pass a False argument which will keep the layer in edit mode or alternatively remove the command altogether. Additionally, this means that in your else clause, you don't need to call stopEditing().

Working code:

def Ed():
    layer = iface.activeLayer()
    if not layer.isEditable():
        layer.startEditing()
        #line below is optional...
        #layer.commitChanges(False)
    else:
        layer.commitChanges()
    
from qgis.PyQt.QtGui import QKeySequence
from qgis.PyQt.QtWidgets import QShortcut
from qgis.PyQt.QtCore import Qt
shortcut = QShortcut(QKeySequence(Qt.Key_E), iface.mainWindow())
shortcut.setContext(Qt.ApplicationShortcut)
shortcut.activated.connect(Ed)

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