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Honestly. Can't really think of when I use escape to give a real answer. I think I could hit it without looking, but I don't think I hit escape that often. Or m
by hn_user2 10y ago
Honestly. Can't really think of when I use escape to give a real answer. I think I could hit it without looking, but I don't think I hit escape that often. Or maybe I use it all the time and won't notice until it's gone.
But yeah. If ^[ or caps lock mapping is not an option, and your workflow requires a lot of escape presses, it could be annoying to have to look down to hit it.
- vmasto 10y agoGet out of a dialog quicky. Get out of the OS popup (e.g. File save). Get out of the current context in your editor/IDE (e.g. Search etc) Cancel something. Cmd+esc takes you to the previous up from cmd+tab (instead of cmd+shift+tab). Ever wanted to cancel drag and drop?! Honestly the Esc key is indispensible.
- eric_h 10y ago> Cmd+esc takes you to the previous up from cmd+tab I've always used cmd+~ for that
- x0x0 10y agoexactly -- vim users who haven't transitioned to ^[ hit it all the time Also, this looks to me like yet another not-particularly-useful tentpole 'feature' when I really wish they would spend some quality time fixing abundant os and finder bugs.
- yoz-y 10y agoWhy transition to a double key combo rather than use CapsLock as Esc? The other quite useful "universal" key is the § key on a European mac keyboard (which is for some insane reason just under Esc where ` normally would be)
- x0x0 10y agoBecause your fingers stay in the normal location. To hit escape, I have to either lift my left hand or rotate sharply at the wrist.
- yoz-y 10y agoYes, but you capslock is more accessible than the ctrl key in my opinion. I quite like the option to remap capslock to both ctrl (when used with another key) and to esc when pressed alone, that was suggested in other comments.
- michaelmachine 10y agoI only use it for escaping from a full screen view on youtube