# Edit window pop-ups cannot be dismissed by keyboard

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-window-pop-ups-cannot-be-dismissed-by-keyboard/27683
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** keyboard
**Created:** [2015年四月17日 13:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-window-pop-ups-cannot-be-dismissed-by-keyboard/27683 "2015-04-17T13:05:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![TechnoBear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/technobear/32/40546_2.png) [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)
#### Post date: [2015年四月17日 13:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-window-pop-ups-cannot-be-dismissed-by-keyboard/27683/1 "2015-04-17T13:05:23Z")

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The “Revive this topic?”, “Your topic is similar to…” and similar pop-ups cannot be dismissed by keyboard. This is frustrating, as they often cover a post I want to refer to while typing.

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### Author: ![eviltrout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eviltrout/32/5275_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [2015年四月17日 16:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-window-pop-ups-cannot-be-dismissed-by-keyboard/27683/2 "2015-04-17T16:42:10Z")

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I’ve made it so that it you hit Esc it will dismiss any composer messages:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/32365fbc583f4d80d469bde268b5644218340a6d](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/32365fbc583f4d80d469bde268b5644218340a6d)

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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [2015年四月17日 17:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-window-pop-ups-cannot-be-dismissed-by-keyboard/27683/3 "2015-04-17T17:47:26Z")

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