PowerToys Peek - close with ESC

[georgelogosol]

crutkas: I can get this to happen only if i'm in a monaco preview pane (aka webview2). I think that eats the esc. Soon as i click the titlebar, esc works again.

Description of the new feature / enhancement

Would be nice to have Peek applet to close with ESC (when not set to close on losing focus).

Scenario when this would be used?

In keyboard-heavy environments: File Explorer with several files, one needs to view quickly. Select the file with up/down, to open Peek, do something else, return to Peek with Alt-Tab. Hitting most of the time requires two hands.

Supporting information

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[crutkas]

Esc works to close Peek if it is in focus. I'm testing with 0.80.1

Can you provide a full scenario cause maybe i'm missing the nuance of your ask. /needinfo

What i'm doing is

1. selecting a file in file explorer. In this case, a json file
2. Hitting Control-Space to invoke Peek
3. Alt-Tab to Edge
4. Alt-Tab back to Peek
5. Hit ESC key

Peek dismisses.

[georgelogosol]

Clint, I appreeciate your fast response, but I'm too on 0.80.1, and Escape key does not close Peek. Regards, George

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[ethanfangg]

What do your Peek settings look like?

[georgelogosol]

[cid:13f6cd52-b424-4cd5-887b-7059098a8b38] My use case: I have multiple virtual desktops. Many apps (Acrobat Reader, Excel) open subsequent documents on the virtual desktop where there's already an opened window. I use Peek to quick-view on a PDF without jumping to another VD. Regards, George

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[jiez1812]

Hi, I encountered the same issue where Peek doesn't close when pressing esc. Strangely, I managed to resolve it by enabling and disabling auto close. Now, it can be closed by pressing esc.

[ethanfangg]

/dup #26137

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Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!