# \[X\] Press CTRL+A, then slip and touch CTRL+S
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-press-ctrl-a-then-slip-and-touch-ctrl-s/3475
**Category:** No Bugs
**Created:** [June 20, 2006, 11:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-press-ctrl-a-then-slip-and-touch-ctrl-s/3475 "2006-06-20T23:01:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@bwechner](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bwechner)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2006, 11:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-press-ctrl-a-then-slip-and-touch-ctrl-s/3475/1 "2006-06-20T23:01:34Z")
I did this. Ouch. I had thousands of songs loaded and wanted to select them all. Pressed CTRL+A and suddenly a dialog showing progres sin tag updating was on my screen. What was it doing? Sheesh, it got through 60 tracks before I could reach Cancel with a clear frame of mind.
A minute of research later and I discover what must have happened (a 99.9999% certain guess). I slipped and touched CTRL+S hot on the tail of CTRL+A.
Now I generally have the tag panel hidden and have never used CTRL+S, opting instead to use actions and the Extended tags button.
Irrespective though having two shortcut keys so close together and the latter so dangerous is to my mind a strong candidate for description as a UI bug.
I recommend that CTRL+S be followed by a confirmation request if more than one file is selected and/or that such a one key nuke tags command be shifted to the less accident prone CTRL+SHIFT+S shortcut for example.
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### Author:  [@bwechner](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bwechner)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2006, 5:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-press-ctrl-a-then-slip-and-touch-ctrl-s/3475/2 "2006-06-21T05:05:04Z")
Playing around with CTRL+S again I haven't got the full picture anymore. If I press CTRL+A then the Tag Panel gets entries which are innocuous. And yet, I am very sure I pressed CTROL+A slipped onto the S and then ended up with 60 files all with the same tags as the first one on the list. I wonder if the upgrade I did on MP3tag since that mistake explains that, or if something else was awry. Odd.
Still, I have to add (again) how impresse dI am with MP3 tag. What as awesome utility!
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-press-ctrl-a-then-slip-and-touch-ctrl-s/3475/3 "2006-06-25T17:30:55Z")
There is always [Ctrl]+[Z] 🙂
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### Author:  [@JJ\_Johnson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JJ_Johnson)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2006, 11:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-press-ctrl-a-then-slip-and-touch-ctrl-s/3475/4 "2006-06-25T23:59:54Z")
> [@Bernd Wechner](#):
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> I recommend that CTRL+S be followed by a confirmation request if more than one file is selected and/or that such a one key nuke tags command be shifted to the less accident prone CTRL+SHIFT+S shortcut for example.
The results of Ctrl-A Ctrl-S will depend on what you have set for Default Values. If you have them all set to then I believ the net result will be that all files will be saved with their original tags - no change. But if you have any set to and (I suppose) then you're screwed. So just set them all to , which is what I have mine set at.
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### Author:  [@bwechner](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bwechner)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2006, 7:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-press-ctrl-a-then-slip-and-touch-ctrl-s/3475/5 "2006-07-01T07:55:28Z")
> [@JJ Johnson](#):
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> The results of Ctrl-A Ctrl-S will depend on what you have set for Default Values. If you have them all set to then I believ the net result will be that all files will be saved with their original tags - no change. But if you have any set to and (I suppose) then you're screwed. So just set them all to , which is what I have mine set at.
Well, CRL+Z is also a great tip from Florian. When I did this Iw asn't aware of that and restored the 60 affected files form backup. But CTRL+Z is to die for! Great feature!
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-press-ctrl-a-then-slip-and-touch-ctrl-s/3475/6 "2018-12-28T14:16:55Z")
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