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> Whats with you guys and the ESC key? It's so far away do you actually use it? You're joking. You realize this forum is filled with programmers and other dig

• dpkonofa 7y ago
  I am both a digital creative professional and a developer/programmer and I can't remember when was the last time I pressed the escape key. If anything, it might have been to exit a full-screen video where the UI had mysteriously disappeared because some crappy website couldn't deal with an ad-blocker. Programmers and creative professionals don't unilaterally love or need the ESC key like you're suggesting.
  • tandav 7y ago
    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 7y ago
      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 7y ago
        You can also type on a smartphone without a physical keyboard...
• Jonovono 7y ago
  That's exactly what I mean, yall are smart, that's why I assumed yall would remap it somewhere that makes sense.
  • reificator 7y ago
    If anything, I'd remap capslock to be escape.
    • Jonovono 7y ago
      Ya, i've used this: https://brettterpstra.com/2017/06/15/a-hyper-key-with-karabiner-elements-full-instructions/ https://brettterpstra.com/2017/06/15/a-hyper-key-with-karabi... to do that. And having the hyper key is awesome (command+control+option+shift). Makes it super handy for shortcuts to open commonly used program shortcuts like calendar etc