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		tandav on Nov 13, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 16-inch MacBook Pro For me frequent usecase for ESC is to hide some popup that you opened by accident. Like "Save As" dialog / rename file / Purchase SublimeText License / etc. In macOS you can hide many types of dialogs with ESC

dpkonofa on Nov 14, 2019 [–]

That's fine but you can still do that without the physical key, can't you? I'm still able to escape out of dialogs like that without needing a physical key.

reificator on Nov 14, 2019 | [–]

You can also type on a smartphone without a physical keyboard...

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