Esc
What does Esc do?
| App | Action | Category | Win / Mac | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affinity Designer | Deselect | Editing | Esc Esc | |
| Affinity Photo | Deselect | Editing | Esc Esc | |
| Airtable | Cancel edit | Editing | Esc Esc | |
| Asana | Close / cancel | Global | Esc Esc | |
| Brave | Stop loading | Navigation | Esc Esc | |
| Chrome | Stop loading | Navigation | Esc Esc | |
| DataGrip | Focus Editor | General | Esc Esc | |
| Edge | Stop Loading | Navigation | Esc Esc | |
| Firefox | Stop Loading | Navigation | Esc Esc | |
| Google Slides | Exit presentation | Presentation | Esc Esc | |
| JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA | Focus Editor | General | Esc Esc | |
| JetBrains Rider | Focus Editor | General | Esc Esc | |
| Jira | Close dialog / menu | Global | Esc Esc | |
| Jupyter Notebook | Enter command mode | Command mode | Esc Esc | |
| LibreOffice Impress | End presentation | Presenting | Esc Esc | |
| Linear | Cancel / close modal | Issue Actions | Esc Esc | |
| Neovim | Return to Normal mode | Insert Mode | EscCtrl[ EscCtrl[ | |
| Opera | Stop loading | Navigation | Esc Esc | |
| PowerPoint | End Slide Show | Slide Show | Esc Esc | |
| PyCharm | Focus Editor | General | Esc Esc | |
| Raycast | Go Back / Pop View | General | Esc | |
| Safari | Stop loading | Navigation | Esc | |
| Todoist | Discard task | Adding Tasks | Esc Esc | |
| Trello | Back / close menu | Navigation | Esc Esc | |
| Vim | Enter Normal mode | Modes | Esc Esc | |
| Vivaldi | Stop loading | Navigation | Esc Esc | |
| Webflow | Deselect | Elements | Esc Esc | |
| WebStorm | Focus Editor | General | Esc Esc | |
| Windsurf | Cancel Suggestion | Autocomplete | Esc Esc | |
| Xcode | Show completions | Editor | Esc |
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