diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/field_tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/field_tests.rs
index fea0be8e..75f064f6 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/field_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/field_tests.rs
@@ -370,6 +370,39 @@ fn arithmetic_commits_tab_moves_on_and_escape_restores() {
     assert_eq!(geom(&u, a).0, 78.0);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn the_save_shortcut_saves_from_a_field_with_what_was_typed() {
+    // Cmd/Ctrl+S with the keyboard in a panel field saved nothing (#1157). It commits the field
+    // first (as clicking away does), then saves; the field lets go of the keyboard.
+    let cmd = if cfg!(target_os = "macos") { Modifiers::COMMAND } else { Modifiers::COMMAND.plus(Modifiers::CTRL) };
+    let (mut u, a, _) = setup();
+    let dir = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("figcraft-save-from-field-{}", std::process::id()));
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&dir).unwrap();
+    let path = dir.join("doc.figcraft");
+    u.app.session.execute("file.saveAs", &json!({"path": path.to_string_lossy()})).unwrap();
+    for (shortcut, mods) in [("Cmd/Ctrl+S", cmd), ("Shift+Cmd/Ctrl+S on a file with a path", cmd.plus(Modifiers::SHIFT))] {
+        let (p, _) = field(&mut u, "X");
+        click(&mut u, p);
+        assert!(crate::a11y::field_focused(&u.ctx), "{shortcut}: the field has the keyboard");
+        let x = if mods.shift { "66" } else { "77" };
+        u.frame(vec![Event::Text(x.into())]);
+        key(&mut u, Key::S, mods);
+        u.frame(vec![]);
+        assert_eq!(geom(&u, a).0, x.parse::<f64>().unwrap(), "{shortcut}: what was typed is committed");
+        assert!(!crate::a11y::field_focused(&u.ctx), "{shortcut}: the field let go");
+        if mods.shift {
+            // Save as asks where (a dialog this harness doesn't answer): nothing is written yet.
+            continue;
+        }
+        assert!(!u.app.session.ds().unwrap().is_dirty(), "{shortcut}: saved");
+        let mut back = Session::new();
+        back.execute("file.open", &json!({"path": path.to_string_lossy()})).unwrap();
+        let b = back.doc().unwrap().world_bounds(a).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(b.x0, 77.0, "{shortcut}: the file on disk has the typed value");
+    }
+    std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir).ok();
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn mixed_values_take_edits_relative_to_each_layer() {
     let (mut u, a, b) = setup();
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
index c93333b3..3eaadf95 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
@@ -631,6 +631,9 @@ pub struct UiState {
     pub paste_event: bool,
     /// The window got the focus back since the last V release.
     pub refocused: bool,
+    /// A save shortcut pressed while a panel field had the keyboard: the field lets go (which
+    /// commits what was typed) and the command runs the next frame (`shortcuts::handle`).
+    pub after_field: Option<&'static str>,
     /// The modifiers held, as of the last modifier change in the raw events: a paste event doesn't
     /// carry them.
     pub held: egui::Modifiers,
@@ -748,6 +751,7 @@ impl Default for UiState {
             v_pressed: false,
             paste_event: false,
             refocused: false,
+            after_field: None,
             held: egui::Modifiers::NONE,
             next_autosave: 0.0,
             auto_save_at: None,
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/shortcuts.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/shortcuts.rs
index c86cfdf1..6ce75cbb 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/shortcuts.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/shortcuts.rs
@@ -97,8 +97,16 @@ fn cached_tip(label: &'static str, key: Option<&'static str>) -> &'static str {
 /// `swallowed`: what this frame's Cmd/Ctrl+V chords the shell swallowed ask for ([`swallowed_paste`]).
 pub fn handle(app: &mut FigApp, ctx: &Context, typing: bool, swallowed: Swallowed) {
     note_platform(ctx);
-    // Text fields in panels own the keyboard (also the key that ends their editing).
+    // A save asked for from a field last frame: the field has committed by now.
+    if let Some(id) = app.ui.after_field.take() {
+        run_binding(app, id);
+    }
+    // Text fields in panels own the keyboard (also the key that ends their editing), except for
+    // the save shortcuts.
     if typing || crate::a11y::field_focused(ctx) || app.ui.palette.is_some() {
+        if app.ui.palette.is_none() {
+            save_from_field(app, ctx);
+        }
         return;
     }
     let events: Vec<Event> = ctx.input(|i| i.events.clone());
@@ -137,6 +145,33 @@ pub fn handle(app: &mut FigApp, ctx: &Context, typing: bool, swallowed: Swallowe
     }
 }
 
+/// Commands whose shortcut works while a panel field has the keyboard: they don't edit text, and
+/// a file that can't be saved from a field looks like a file that can't be saved (#1157).
+const FROM_A_FIELD: [&str; 2] = ["file.save", "file.saveAs"];
+
+/// Cmd/Ctrl+S (or Shift+Cmd/Ctrl+S) pressed in a panel field: the field lets go of the keyboard,
+/// which commits what was typed as clicking away does, and the save runs next frame, after that
+/// commit.
+fn save_from_field(app: &mut FigApp, ctx: &Context) {
+    let id = ctx.input(|i| {
+        i.events.iter().find_map(|e| match e {
+            Event::Key { key, physical_key, pressed: true, repeat: false, modifiers } if modifiers.command => {
+                lookup(keymap::Context::Canvas, *key, *physical_key, *modifiers).map(|b| b.id).filter(|id| FROM_A_FIELD.contains(id))
+            }
+            _ => None,
+        })
+    });
+    if let Some(id) = id {
+        ctx.memory_mut(|m| {
+            if let Some(f) = m.focused() {
+                m.surrender_focus(f);
+            }
+        });
+        app.ui.after_field = Some(id);
+        ctx.request_repaint();
+    }
+}
+
 /// The command Cmd/Ctrl+V runs with `m` held too: `edit.paste`, `edit.pasteOver` (Shift),
 /// `edit.pasteProperties` (Alt), or `None` for a chord nothing is bound to. The keymap decides,
 /// whether the key press arrived (browser) or only a paste event and the release (desktop).