I can't quit the File Options dialog with ESC

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
72/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
typescript
Domain
desktop

Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue in the File Options dialog on Positron 2026.08.2 for macOS, then trace the dialog's existing close behavior and ESC handling. Done means pressing ESC closes the File Options dialog without affecting other dialog actions.

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Description

accessibility area: data explorer area: ui

System details:

Positron and OS details:

Positron Version: 2026.08.2 build 4
Code - OSS Version: 1.124.0
Commit: 747dd536c5913adad71a568a57679bb2c5e5cd71
Date: 2026-08-20T19:13:05Z
Electron: 42.2.0
Chromium: 148.0.7778.97
Node.js: 24.15.0
V8: 14.8.178.14-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.6.0

Session details:

N/A

Describe the issue:

It should be possible to quit the File Options dialog with ESC.

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It doesn't work.

Expected or desired behavior:

File Options dialog should close.

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