diff --git a/tagstudio/src/qt/widgets/panel.py b/tagstudio/src/qt/widgets/panel.py
index cb87f1ef..7ba3d4d2 100644
--- a/tagstudio/src/qt/widgets/panel.py
+++ b/tagstudio/src/qt/widgets/panel.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2024 Travis Abendshien (CyanVoxel).
 # Licensed under the GPL-3.0 License.
 # Created for TagStudio: https://github.com/CyanVoxel/TagStudio
-
-
+import logging
 from types import FunctionType
+from typing import Callable
 
 from PySide6.QtCore import Signal, Qt
 from PySide6.QtWidgets import QWidget, QVBoxLayout, QHBoxLayout, QLabel, QPushButton
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@ class PanelModal(QWidget):
             # self.cancel_button.clicked.connect(cancel_callback)
             self.button_layout.addWidget(self.cancel_button)
 
-        if save_callback or has_save:
             self.save_button = QPushButton()
             self.save_button.setText("Save")
             self.save_button.setAutoDefault(True)
             self.save_button.clicked.connect(self.hide)
             self.save_button.clicked.connect(self.saved.emit)
+
             if done_callback:
                 self.save_button.clicked.connect(done_callback)
             if save_callback:
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ class PanelModal(QWidget):
                 )
             self.button_layout.addWidget(self.save_button)
 
+            # trigger save button actions when pressing enter in the widget
+            self.widget.add_callback(lambda: self.save_button.click())
+
         widget.done.connect(lambda: save_callback(widget.get_content()))
 
         self.root_layout.addWidget(self.title_widget)
@@ -107,3 +110,6 @@ class PanelWidget(QWidget):
 
     def reset(self):
         pass
+
+    def add_callback(self, callback: Callable, event: str = "returnPressed"):
+        logging.warning(f"add_callback not implemented for {self.__class__.__name__}")
diff --git a/tagstudio/src/qt/widgets/text_line_edit.py b/tagstudio/src/qt/widgets/text_line_edit.py
index 2158b97b..971f7746 100644
--- a/tagstudio/src/qt/widgets/text_line_edit.py
+++ b/tagstudio/src/qt/widgets/text_line_edit.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2024 Travis Abendshien (CyanVoxel).
 # Licensed under the GPL-3.0 License.
 # Created for TagStudio: https://github.com/CyanVoxel/TagStudio
-
+from typing import Callable
 
 from PySide6.QtWidgets import QVBoxLayout, QLineEdit
 
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ class EditTextLine(PanelWidget):
         self.text = text
         self.text_edit = QLineEdit()
         self.text_edit.setText(text)
-        self.text_edit.returnPressed.connect(self.done.emit)
         self.root_layout.addWidget(self.text_edit)
 
     def get_content(self) -> str:
@@ -26,3 +25,9 @@ class EditTextLine(PanelWidget):
 
     def reset(self):
         self.text_edit.setText(self.text)
+
+    def add_callback(self, callback: Callable, event: str = "returnPressed"):
+        if event == "returnPressed":
+            self.text_edit.returnPressed.connect(callback)
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(f"unknown event type: {event}")