It's not just VIM and NeoVIM where one can find the escape key commonly used. One can drive GUIs with keyboards to an extent, including the escape key to cance

It's not just VIM and NeoVIM where one can find the escape key commonly used. One can drive GUIs with keyboards to an extent, including the escape key to cancel dialogues and pop-up/drop-down menus. This is true for many full-screen TUIs too, including orthodox file managers for starters.