diff --git a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/interface_parser.h b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/interface_parser.h
index 7b32c59e7..d733f8749 100644
--- a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/interface_parser.h
+++ b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/interface_parser.h
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		bool setupTree (xmlNodePtr cur, CWidgetManager::SMasterGroup *parentGroup);
 		bool setupTreeNode (xmlNodePtr cur, CGroupContainer *parentGroup);
 		void savePointerSettings( xmlNodePtr node );
+		void saveKeySettings( xmlNodePtr node );
 		
 		void addModule( std::string name, IParserModule *module );
 		IParserModule* getModuleFor( std::string name ) const;
@@ -350,6 +351,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		bool editorMode;
 		std::map< std::string, VariableData > variableCache;
 		std::map< std::string, std::string > pointerSettings;
+		std::map< std::string, std::map< std::string, std::string > > keySettings;
 
 	public:
 		void initLUA();
@@ -379,6 +381,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		bool serializeVariables( xmlNodePtr parentNode ) const;
 		bool serializeProcs( xmlNodePtr parentNode ) const;
 		bool serializePointerSettings( xmlNodePtr parentNode ) const;
+		bool serializeKeySettings( xmlNodePtr parentNode ) const;
 	};
 
 }
diff --git a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/parser.h b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/parser.h
index 21a2300d6..a63b84f1b 100644
--- a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/parser.h
+++ b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/parser.h
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		virtual bool serializeVariables( xmlNodePtr parentNode ) const = 0;
 		virtual bool serializeProcs( xmlNodePtr parentNode ) const = 0;
 		virtual bool serializePointerSettings( xmlNodePtr parentNode ) const = 0;
+		virtual bool serializeKeySettings( xmlNodePtr parentNode ) const = 0;
 	};
 }
 
diff --git a/code/nel/src/gui/interface_parser.cpp b/code/nel/src/gui/interface_parser.cpp
index 7d81c3504..2d4fc64c4 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/gui/interface_parser.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/gui/interface_parser.cpp
@@ -478,6 +478,11 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				// todo hulud interface syntax error
 				nlwarning ("could not read all styles");
 			}
+			if( !strcmp((char*)curNode->name,"key" ) )
+			{
+				if( editorMode )
+					saveKeySettings( curNode );
+			}
 			// If define and style oks, try to parse "1st pass" objets (define, options....).
 			else if ( !strcmp((char*)curNode->name,"template") )
 			{
@@ -1576,6 +1581,43 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		}
 	}
 
+	void CInterfaceParser::saveKeySettings( xmlNodePtr node )
+	{
+		if( node == NULL )
+			return;
+
+		xmlAttrPtr prop = node->properties;
+
+		std::string name( reinterpret_cast< char* >( xmlGetProp( node, BAD_CAST "name" ) ) );
+		if( name.empty() )
+			return;
+
+		std::string key;
+		std::string value;
+		std::map< std::string, std::string > propMap;
+
+		while( prop != NULL )
+		{
+			key   = std::string( reinterpret_cast< const char* >( prop->name ) );
+			value = std::string( reinterpret_cast< char* >( prop->children->content ) );
+
+			if( key == "name" )
+			{
+				prop = prop->next;
+				continue;
+			}
+			
+			propMap[ key ] = value;
+
+			prop = prop->next;
+		}
+
+		if( propMap.empty() )
+			return;
+
+		keySettings[ name ] = propMap;
+	}
+
 	void CInterfaceParser::addModule( std::string name, IParserModule *module )
 	{
 		std::map< std::string, IParserModule* >::iterator itr =
@@ -3071,5 +3113,36 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 		return true;
 	}
+
+
+	bool CInterfaceParser::serializeKeySettings( xmlNodePtr parentNode ) const
+	{
+		if( parentNode == NULL )
+			return false;
+
+		std::map< std::string, std::map< std::string, std::string > >::const_iterator itr;
+		for( itr = keySettings.begin(); itr != keySettings.end(); ++itr )
+		{
+			xmlNodePtr node = xmlNewNode( NULL, BAD_CAST "key" );
+			if( node == NULL )
+				return false;
+
+			xmlAddChild( parentNode, node );
+			xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "name", BAD_CAST itr->first.c_str() );
+
+			const std::map< std::string, std::string > &settings = itr->second;
+
+			std::map< std::string, std::string >::const_iterator itr2;
+			for( itr2 = settings.begin(); itr2 != settings.end(); ++itr2 )
+			{
+				const std::string &key = itr2->first;
+				const std::string &value = itr2->second;
+
+				xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST key.c_str(), BAD_CAST value.c_str() );
+			}
+		}
+
+		return true;
+	}
 }
 
diff --git a/code/nel/tools/3d/object_viewer_qt/src/plugins/gui_editor/widget_serializer.cpp b/code/nel/tools/3d/object_viewer_qt/src/plugins/gui_editor/widget_serializer.cpp
index ceaa76c7d..3601ab0c7 100644
--- a/code/nel/tools/3d/object_viewer_qt/src/plugins/gui_editor/widget_serializer.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/tools/3d/object_viewer_qt/src/plugins/gui_editor/widget_serializer.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ namespace GUIEditor
 			return false;
 		}
 
+		if( !CWidgetManager::getInstance()->getParser()->serializeKeySettings( root ) )
+		{
+			xmlFreeNode( root );
+			out.close();
+			return false;
+		}
+
 
 		if( !CWidgetManager::getInstance()->getParser()->serializePointerSettings( root ) )
 		{