Escape Key Closes Quick Capture When Cancelling Visual Selection

[uNyanda]

• Date: 2026-09-10
• Type: Bug
• Severity: Low

Environment

• OS: Linux
• WM: Niri
• Compositor: Wayland
• Software version: 2.47.0

Description

When using the Quick Capture floating window, pressing Escape while in visual mode to cancel a selection also closes the floating window.

This appears to be a conflict between the keymap for cancelling a visual selection and the keymap used to close the Quick Capture floating window.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open the Quick Capture floating window.
2. Enter visual mode.
3. Select some text.
4. Press Escape to cancel the selection.
5. Observe the Quick Capture floating window.

Expected Behaviour

Pressing Escape should cancel the visual selection without closing the Quick Capture floating window.

Actual Behaviour

Pressing Escape cancels the visual selection and closes the Quick Capture floating window.

Additional Notes

The behaviour suggests that Escape is being handled by both visual mode and the Quick Capture floating, causing both actions to be triggered.

[adibhanna]

Fixed in edd55e0, included in the v2.48.0 release PR #766.

Quick Capture now respects Escape when the editor has already handled it. Cancelling a visual selection keeps the draft and floating window open; a subsequent unhandled Escape still saves and hides the window.

Validation: all 10 new Quick Capture regressions pass, covering character/line/block visual selections, insert mode, non-Vim selections, overlay dismissal, and save/close behavior. The full app-core UI suite passed (2,003 tests; one existing skip), along with desktop type checks and the build. Also verified selection cancellation followed by save/hide in a real Electron Quick Capture window on macOS.

This fix is queued for v2.48.0 and is not yet in the published v2.47.0 release. Linux/Niri/Wayland was not directly tested; please confirm the behavior there once v2.48.0 is available. Thanks for the clear reproduction steps!