diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 68cf4a1b..6806c6b1 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ Red Panda C++ Version 1.5
   - fix: toggle block comment/delete to word begin/delete to word end are not correctly disabled when editor not open
   - fix: index out of range in cpp highlighter
   - fix: memory leak in code folding processing
+  - change: add/remove/new project file won't save all openned project files.
+  - fix: save all project files shouldn't trigger syntax check in inactive editors 
 
 Red Panda C++ Version 1.4
 
diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/editor.cpp b/RedPandaIDE/editor.cpp
index b3bb62bb..af986408 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/editor.cpp
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/editor.cpp
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ bool Editor::save(bool force, bool doReparse) {
 //                                     tr("File %1 is not writable!").arg(mFilename));
 //            return false;
 //        }
+//        qDebug()<<"saving "<<mFilename;
         saveFile(mFilename);
         pMainWindow->fileSystemWatcher()->addPath(mFilename);
         setModified(false);
@@ -279,12 +280,11 @@ bool Editor::save(bool force, bool doReparse) {
         return false;
     }
 
-    if (doReparse && mParser) {
+    if (doReparse && isVisible()) {
         reparse(false);
-    }
-    if (doReparse && pSettings->editor().syntaxCheckWhenSave())
         checkSyntaxInBack();
-    reparseTodo();
+        reparseTodo();
+    }
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -1302,7 +1302,11 @@ void Editor::showEvent(QShowEvent */*event*/)
 //            && !inProject()) {
 //        reparse();
 //    }
-    reparseTodo();
+    if (!pMainWindow->isClosingAll()
+                && !pMainWindow->isQuitting()) {
+        checkSyntaxInBack();
+        reparseTodo();
+    }
     setHideTime(QDateTime());
 }
 
@@ -1553,16 +1557,16 @@ void Editor::onStatusChanged(QSynedit::StatusChanges changes)
             && !changes.testFlag(QSynedit::StatusChange::scReadOnly)
             && changes.testFlag(QSynedit::StatusChange::scCaretY))) {
         mCurrentLineModified = false;
-        if (!changes.testFlag(QSynedit::StatusChange::scOpenFile))
+        if (!changes.testFlag(QSynedit::StatusChange::scOpenFile)) {
             reparse(false);
+            checkSyntaxInBack();
+            reparseTodo();
+        }
 //        if (pSettings->codeCompletion().clearWhenEditorHidden()
 //                && changes.testFlag(SynStatusChange::scOpenFile)) {
 //        } else{
 //            reparse();
 //        }
-        if (pSettings->editor().syntaxCheckWhenLineChanged())
-            checkSyntaxInBack();
-        reparseTodo();
     }
     mLineCount = document()->count();
     if (changes.testFlag(QSynedit::scModifyChanged)) {
diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/editorlist.cpp b/RedPandaIDE/editorlist.cpp
index 2afcf621..a50d9a54 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/editorlist.cpp
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/editorlist.cpp
@@ -214,6 +214,48 @@ bool EditorList::swapEditor(Editor *editor)
     return true;
 }
 
+void EditorList::saveAll()
+{
+    for (int i=0;i<pageCount();i++) {
+        Editor * e= (*this)[i];
+        if (e->modified())
+            e->save();
+    }
+}
+
+bool EditorList::saveAllForProject()
+{
+    for (int i=0;i<pageCount();i++) {
+        Editor * e= (*this)[i];
+        if (e->modified() && e->inProject()) {
+            if (!e->save())
+                return false;
+        }
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool EditorList::projectEditorsModified()
+{
+    for (int i=0;i<pageCount();i++) {
+        Editor * e= (*this)[i];
+        if (e->modified() && e->inProject()) {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+void EditorList::clearProjectEditorsModified()
+{
+    for (int i=0;i<pageCount();i++) {
+        Editor * e= (*this)[i];
+        if (e->inProject()) {
+            e->setModified(false);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 void EditorList::beginUpdate() {
     if (mUpdateCount==0) {
         mPanel->setUpdatesEnabled(false);
diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/editorlist.h b/RedPandaIDE/editorlist.h
index 4e9aded3..d0e7f5d1 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/editorlist.h
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/editorlist.h
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ public:
 
     bool swapEditor(Editor* editor);
 
+    void saveAll();
+    bool saveAllForProject();
+
+    bool projectEditorsModified();
+    void clearProjectEditorsModified();
+
     bool closeAll(bool force = false);
 
     void forceCloseEditor(Editor* editor);
diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/mainwindow.cpp b/RedPandaIDE/mainwindow.cpp
index 1f6f7fc3..4914eca3 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -1685,8 +1685,10 @@ bool MainWindow::compile(bool rebuild)
     mCompilerManager->stopPausing();
     CompileTarget target =getCompileTarget();
     if (target == CompileTarget::Project) {
-        if (mProject->modified())
+        if (mProject->modified()) {
             mProject->saveAll();
+        }
+        mEditorList->saveAll();
         clearIssues();
 
         // Increment build number automagically
@@ -1813,7 +1815,7 @@ void MainWindow::runExecutable(RunType runType)
                     tr("Rebuild Project"),
                     tr("Project has been modified, do you want to rebuild it?")
                                                       ) == QMessageBox::Yes) {
-            mProject->saveAll();
+            //mProject->saveAll();
             mCompileSuccessionTask=std::make_shared<CompileSuccessionTask>();
             mCompileSuccessionTask->type = CompileSuccessionTaskType::RunNormal;
             mCompileSuccessionTask->execName=mProject->executable();
@@ -4397,8 +4399,11 @@ void MainWindow::closeProject(bool refreshEditor)
         auto action = finally([&,this]{
             mFileSystemWatcher.blockSignals(oldBlock);
         });
+
+        //save all files
+
         // TODO: should we save watches?
-        if (mProject->modified()) {
+        if (mEditorList->projectEditorsModified()) {
             QString s;
             if (mProject->name().isEmpty()) {
                 s = mProject->filename();
@@ -4407,6 +4412,7 @@ void MainWindow::closeProject(bool refreshEditor)
             }
             if (mSystemTurnedOff) {
                 mProject->saveAll();
+                mEditorList->saveAllForProject();
             } else {
                 int answer = QMessageBox::question(
                             this,
@@ -4419,8 +4425,10 @@ void MainWindow::closeProject(bool refreshEditor)
                 switch (answer) {
                 case QMessageBox::Yes:
                     mProject->saveAll();
+                    mEditorList->saveAllForProject();
                     break;
                 case QMessageBox::No:
+                    mEditorList->clearProjectEditorsModified();
                     mProject->setModified(false);
                     mProject->saveLayout();
                     break;
@@ -4880,6 +4888,11 @@ void MainWindow::clearToolsOutput()
     ui->txtToolsOutput->clear();
 }
 
+void MainWindow::clearTodos()
+{
+    mTodoModel.clear();
+}
+
 void MainWindow::onCompileStarted()
 {
     //do nothing
@@ -6085,13 +6098,7 @@ void MainWindow::on_actionSaveAll_triggered()
     }
 
     // Make changes to files
-    for (int i=0;i<mEditorList->pageCount();i++) {
-        Editor * e= (*mEditorList)[i];
-        if (e->modified() && !e->inProject()) {
-            if (!e->save())
-                break;
-        }
-    }
+    mEditorList->saveAll();
     updateAppTitle();
 }
 
@@ -6435,6 +6442,9 @@ void MainWindow::newProjectUnitFile()
         QMessageBox::critical(this,tr("File Already Exists!"),
                               tr("File '%1' already exists!").arg(newFileName));
         return;
+    } else {
+        //create an empty file
+        createFile(newFileName);
     }
     newUnit = mProject->newUnit(
                     pNode,newFileName);
@@ -7756,7 +7766,9 @@ void MainWindow::on_actionGit_Create_Repository_triggered()
             vcsManager.add(mProject->folder(),extractRelativePath(mProject->folder(),pUnit->fileName()),output);
         }
         //update project view
-        mProject->addUnit(includeTrailingPathDelimiter(mProject->folder())+".gitignore", mProject->rootNode());
+        QString ignoreFile=includeTrailingPathDelimiter(mProject->folder())+".gitignore";
+        mProject->addUnit(ignoreFile, mProject->rootNode());
+        createFile(ignoreFile);
         mProject->saveAll();
         if (mProject->folder() == mFileSystemModel.rootPath()
                 || mFileSystemModel.rootPath().startsWith(includeTrailingPathDelimiter(mProject->folder()), PATH_SENSITIVITY)) {
diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/mainwindow.h b/RedPandaIDE/mainwindow.h
index 44878335..21b3123c 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/mainwindow.h
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/mainwindow.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ public slots:
     void logToolsOutput(const QString& msg);
     void onCompileIssue(PCompileIssue issue);
     void clearToolsOutput();
+    void clearTodos();
     void onCompileStarted();
     void onCompileFinished(bool isCheckSyntax);
     void onCompileErrorOccured(const QString& reason);
diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/project.cpp b/RedPandaIDE/project.cpp
index ff89e2b4..baa5913a 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/project.cpp
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/project.cpp
@@ -158,17 +158,18 @@ QString Project::makeFileName()
 
 bool Project::modified() const
 {
+    return mModified;
     // Project file modified? Done
-    if (mModified)
-        return true;// quick exit avoids loop over all units
+//    if (mModified)
+//        return true;// quick exit avoids loop over all units
 
-    // Otherwise, check all units
-    foreach (const PProjectUnit& unit, mUnits){
-        if (unit->modified()) {
-            return true;
-        }
-    }
-    return false;
+//    // Otherwise, check all units
+//    foreach (const PProjectUnit& unit, mUnits){
+//        if (unit->modified()) {
+//            return true;
+//        }
+//    }
+//    return false;
 }
 
 void Project::open()
@@ -224,7 +225,6 @@ void Project::open()
         if (QTextCodec::codecForName(newUnit->encoding())==nullptr) {
             newUnit->setEncoding(ENCODING_AUTO_DETECT);
         }
-        newUnit->setNew(false);
         PProjectModelNode parentNode;
         if (mOptions.modelType==ProjectModelType::FileSystem) {
             parentNode = getParentFileSystemFolderNode(newUnit->fileName());
@@ -341,7 +341,6 @@ PProjectUnit Project::newUnit(PProjectModelNode parentNode, const QString& custo
 
     // Set all properties
     newUnit->setFileName(s);
-    newUnit->setNew(true);
     newUnit->setFolder(getNodePath(parentNode));
     PProjectModelNode node = makeNewFileNode(newUnit,newUnit->priority(),parentNode);
     newUnit->setNode(node);
@@ -372,7 +371,6 @@ PProjectUnit Project::newUnit(PProjectModelNode parentNode, const QString& custo
     newUnit->setPriority(1000);
     newUnit->setOverrideBuildCmd(false);
     newUnit->setBuildCmd("");
-    newUnit->setModified(true);
     newUnit->setEncoding(toByteArray(mOptions.encoding));
     return newUnit;
 }
@@ -394,7 +392,7 @@ Editor* Project::openUnit(PProjectUnit& unit, bool forceOpen) {
         }
         QByteArray encoding;
         encoding = unit->encoding();
-        editor = mEditorList->newEditor(unit->fileName(), encoding, this, unit->isNew());
+        editor = mEditorList->newEditor(unit->fileName(), encoding, this, false);
         if (editor) {
             //editor->setProject(this);
             //unit->setEncoding(encoding);
@@ -421,7 +419,7 @@ Editor *Project::openUnit(PProjectUnit &unit, const PProjectEditorLayout &layout
         }
         QByteArray encoding;
         encoding = unit->encoding();
-        editor = mEditorList->newEditor(unit->fileName(), encoding, this, unit->isNew());
+        editor = mEditorList->newEditor(unit->fileName(), encoding, this, false);
         if (editor) {
             //editor->setInProject(true);
             editor->setCaretY(layout->caretY);
@@ -678,16 +676,14 @@ void Project::renameUnit(PProjectUnit& unit, const QString &sFileName)
     if (sFileName.compare(unit->fileName(),PATH_SENSITIVITY)==0)
         return;
 
-    if (fileExists(unit->fileName())) {
-        unit->setNew(false);
-    }
-
     Editor * editor=unitEditor(unit);
     if (editor) {
         //prevent recurse
         editor->saveAs(sFileName,true);
+    } else {
+        copyFile(unit->fileName(),sFileName,true);
     }
-    removeUnit(unit,false,false);
+    removeUnit(unit,false,true);
     PProjectModelNode parentNode = unit->node()->parent.lock();
     unit = addUnit(sFileName,parentNode);
     setModified(true);
@@ -706,23 +702,23 @@ bool Project::saveUnits()
     foreach (const PProjectUnit& unit, mUnits) {
         i++;
         QByteArray groupName = toByteArray(QString("Unit%1").arg(i));
-        if (!unit->FileMissing()) {
-            bool rd_only = false;
-            if (unit->modified() && fileExists(unit->fileName())
-                && isReadOnly(unit->fileName())) {
-                // file is read-only
-                QMessageBox::critical(nullptr,
-                                      tr("Can't save file"),
-                                      tr("Can't save file '%1'").arg(unit->fileName()),
-                                      QMessageBox::Ok
-                                      );
-                rd_only = true;
-            }
-            if (!rd_only) {
-                if (!unit->save() && unit->isNew())
-                    return false;
-            }
-        }
+//        if (!unit->FileMissing()) {
+//            bool rd_only = false;
+//            if (unit->modified() && fileExists(unit->fileName())
+//                && isReadOnly(unit->fileName())) {
+//                // file is read-only
+//                QMessageBox::critical(nullptr,
+//                                      tr("Can't save file"),
+//                                      tr("Can't save file '%1'").arg(unit->fileName()),
+//                                      QMessageBox::Ok
+//                                      );
+//                rd_only = true;
+//            }
+//            if (!rd_only) {
+//                if (!unit->save() && unit->isNew())
+//                    return false;
+//            }
+//        }
 
         // saved new file or an existing file add to project file
         ini.SetValue(
@@ -745,7 +741,6 @@ bool Project::saveUnits()
         default:
             break;
         }
-        unit->setNew(false);
         ini.SetValue(groupName,"Folder", toByteArray(unit->folder()));
         ini.SetLongValue(groupName,"Compile", unit->compile());
         ini.SetLongValue(groupName,"Link", unit->link());
@@ -1187,7 +1182,6 @@ PProjectUnit Project::addUnit(const QString &inFileName, PProjectModelNode paren
 
     // Set all properties
     newUnit->setFileName(QDir(directory()).filePath(inFileName));
-    newUnit->setNew(false);
     Editor * e= unitEditor(newUnit);
     if (e) {
         newUnit->setEncoding(e->fileEncoding());
@@ -2261,6 +2255,7 @@ ProjectUnit::ProjectUnit(Project* parent)
     mParent = parent;
     mFileMissing = false;
     mPriority=0;
+    mNew = true;
 }
 
 Project *ProjectUnit::parent() const
@@ -2284,11 +2279,6 @@ void ProjectUnit::setFileName(QString newFileName)
     }
 }
 
-bool ProjectUnit::isNew() const
-{
-    return mNew;
-}
-
 void ProjectUnit::setNew(bool newNew)
 {
     mNew = newNew;
@@ -2384,51 +2374,6 @@ void ProjectUnit::setEncoding(const QByteArray &newEncoding)
     }
 }
 
-bool ProjectUnit::modified() const
-{
-    Editor * editor=mParent->unitEditor(this);
-    if (editor) {
-        return editor->modified();
-    } else {
-        return false;
-    }
-}
-
-void ProjectUnit::setModified(bool value)
-{
-    Editor * editor=mParent->unitEditor(this);
-    // Mark the change in the coupled editor
-    if (editor) {
-        return editor->setModified(value);
-    }
-
-    // If modified is set to true, mark project as modified too
-    if (value) {
-        mParent->setModified(true);
-    }
-}
-
-bool ProjectUnit::save()
-{
-    bool previous=mParent->fileSystemWatcher()->blockSignals(true);
-    auto action = finally([&previous,this](){
-        mParent->fileSystemWatcher()->blockSignals(previous);
-    });
-    bool result=true;
-    Editor * editor=mParent->unitEditor(this);
-    if (!editor && !fileExists(mFileName)) {
-        // file is neither open, nor saved
-        QStringList temp;
-        stringsToFile(temp,mFileName);
-    } else if (editor && editor->modified()) {
-        result = editor->save();
-    }
-    if (mNode) {
-        mNode->text = extractFileName(mFileName);
-    }
-    return result;
-}
-
 PProjectModelNode &ProjectUnit::node()
 {
     return mNode;
diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/project.h b/RedPandaIDE/project.h
index 0dbaed27..1100969d 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/project.h
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/project.h
@@ -79,8 +79,6 @@ public:
     Project* parent() const;
     const QString &fileName() const;
     void setFileName(QString newFileName);
-    bool isNew() const;
-    void setNew(bool newNew);
     const QString &folder() const;
     void setFolder(const QString &newFolder);
     bool compile() const;
@@ -97,9 +95,6 @@ public:
     void setPriority(int newPriority);
     const QByteArray &encoding() const;
     void setEncoding(const QByteArray &newEncoding);
-    bool modified() const;
-    void setModified(bool value);
-    bool save();
 
     PProjectModelNode &node();
     void setNode(const PProjectModelNode &newNode);
@@ -107,11 +102,13 @@ public:
     bool FileMissing() const;
     void setFileMissing(bool newDontSave);
 
+    void setNew(bool newNew);
+
 private:
     Project* mParent;
     QString mFileName;
-    bool mNew;
     QString mFolder;
+    bool mNew;
     bool mCompile;
     bool mCompileCpp;
     bool mOverrideBuildCmd;
diff --git a/libs/redpanda_qt_utils/qt_utils/utils.cpp b/libs/redpanda_qt_utils/qt_utils/utils.cpp
index 8a3a3040..175f73e7 100644
--- a/libs/redpanda_qt_utils/qt_utils/utils.cpp
+++ b/libs/redpanda_qt_utils/qt_utils/utils.cpp
@@ -656,3 +656,8 @@ bool isInFolder(const QString &folderpath, const QString &filepath)
     QFileInfo fileInfo(filepath);
     return fileInfo.absoluteFilePath().startsWith(includeTrailingPathDelimiter(folder.absolutePath()));
 }
+
+void createFile(const QString &fileName)
+{
+    stringToFile("",fileName);
+}
diff --git a/libs/redpanda_qt_utils/qt_utils/utils.h b/libs/redpanda_qt_utils/qt_utils/utils.h
index f2b5ce2b..8106d479 100644
--- a/libs/redpanda_qt_utils/qt_utils/utils.h
+++ b/libs/redpanda_qt_utils/qt_utils/utils.h
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ QByteArray readFileToByteArray(const QString& fileName);
 
 void stringsToFile(const QStringList& list, const QString& fileName);
 void stringToFile(const QString& str, const QString& fileName);
+void createFile(const QString& fileName);
 
 /* File I/O utils */
 bool fileExists(const QString& file);