# Escape to Close Panel

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/escape-to-close-panel/8081>\
**Category:** Bugs & Issues\
**Created:** [January 9, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/escape-to-close-panel/8081 "2025-01-09T14:19:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![rawkode](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/rawkode/32/5317_2.png) [@rawkode](https://community.fibery.io/u/rawkode)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/escape-to-close-panel/8081/1 "2025-01-09T14:19:49Z")

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I’m not sure when this changed, but it seems that ESC used to close panels but now it’s Shift-ESC.

Sadly, Shift-ESC on Firefox opens the process tools and I can’t close panels.

Can this be configured, somehow?

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**Author:** ![grex22](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/grex22/32/10249_2.png) [@grex22](https://community.fibery.io/u/grex22)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/escape-to-close-panel/8081/2 "2025-05-06T19:03:44Z")

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I’ve just experienced this as well, and I think there’s a bit more to it than even the shortcut key (which I agree is a little tricky with Firefox).

I think perhaps the “root” of the issue is that clicking to open a panel does NOT give the new panel cursor focus. You’ll notice that clicking a new panel leaves the focus ‘ring’ on the ‘source’ panel.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/fibery/original/2X/f/fc1732b6820d8d95a69eba53735711c58c27015a.png)

From this state, pressing Shift+ESC doesn’t work, as it brings up the process manager in Firefox.

However, clicking anywhere on the new panel (giving it focus) NOW lets you Shift+ESC to close it.

So perhaps a workaround would be to give the new panel focus? I would expect it to have it in most situations anyways, so … win win?

I also wish it was only “ESC” (not +Shift) that closed the panel, but if that was a recent change then I’m sure there’s some reason it was made that we’re not aware of.

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**Author:** ![Johnny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Johnny](https://community.fibery.io/u/Johnny)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 9:18am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/escape-to-close-panel/8081/3 "2025-09-24T09:18:42Z")

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Why is this shift+esc? It is a weird combo…. Why it is not just ESC?