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Sometime I see a question with a few votes to close, and I don't know why (valid question and so on). I usually click on the "close" link to see why other users want to close the question. In most cases it's because the question is a duplicate.

Now with the brand new 10 foot long closing box, I have to scroll down to find the "cancel" button. I'm not a big fan of this. Could we make it so that you can close this box by pressing the "escape" key ?

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F5 should work. –  Gnoupi Feb 15 '10 at 9:16
@gnoupi it would work, but it's not convenient –  marcgg Feb 15 '10 at 9:28
status-planned - anyone know when? –  adrianbanks May 31 '10 at 23:13

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How about we also put a little X in the top right-hand corner? This seems like it would be very intuitive for most users, and very quick since you probably just had the mouse-in-hand when hitting the close button.

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It's not about being intuitive or not, it's about speed. It's faster to just hit escape than to hunt for a button. –  alex Feb 18 '10 at 17:56
@alex, Not if you're using the mouse a lot, your hand is probably already on it from hitting the close button (though I love keyboard shortcuts also). –  Lance Roberts Feb 18 '10 at 18:01
@alex, maybe you missed what I said about 'top right-hand corner' in relation to what the OP said about having to scroll down to get to the cancel button. This way there is no scrolling. –  Lance Roberts Feb 18 '10 at 18:28
I think giving the option could be nice for people using mostly their mouse... but I definitively prefer clickyng Escape. Mouses are so 2005 –  marcgg Feb 19 '10 at 9:02

GreaseMonkey Script, just straight forward.

For fading out effect, attaching .fadeOutAndRemove() to .click event would work.

// ==UserScript==
// @name           Esc to Close Dialog
// @namespace      stackoverflow
// @description    Attach Esc Key to close-popup dialog
// ==/UserScript==

$ = unsafeWindow.$;

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I definitely agree!

I would even propose to extend this feature request not only to the close box, but to any other pop-up on the site. It can be frustrating if you have to click on the box to make it disappear. A quick tap on the escape-key is the most natural way to close these kind of boxes.

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The tab completion dialog is another annoying one. It will not go away and it almost completely obscures the "Save Edits" submit button, which makes question cleanup way more of a chore than it needs to be. –  Ether Feb 15 '10 at 17:14

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