# Please make it possible to disable that pressing esc leaves the note

**URL:** <https://community.bear.app/t/please-make-it-possible-to-disable-that-pressing-esc-leaves-the-note/19636>\
**Category:** Feature Request\
**Tags:** features\
**Created:** [July 23, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/please-make-it-possible-to-disable-that-pressing-esc-leaves-the-note/19636 "2026-07-23T20:31:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![kaleidoscope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@kaleidoscope](https://community.bear.app/u/kaleidoscope)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/please-make-it-possible-to-disable-that-pressing-esc-leaves-the-note/19636/1 "2026-07-23T20:31:14Z")

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When you accidentally press esc two times, the focus is no longer in your note but on the side bar where all your notes are located. Could you please add the option to disable this behaviour, i.e. repeated esc presses won’t leave the current notes one is editing?