Escape key should close subwindows

It would be convenient if Zotero's sub-windows could be closed simply by pressing the Esc key. A typical example of such sub-windows is the settings window (Edit → Settings).

In fact, some of them, but perhaps not those directly provided by Zotero, can be closed using the Esc key, for example those that allow the user to select a file (e.g., Edit → Settings → Advanced → Files and Folders → Choose...).
  • The things you're able to close with the Escape key are dialogs (modal prompts with buttons that cancel/confirm an action), not full windows. No platform I know of allows closing windows with the Escape key. But you should be able to close all Zotero windows with Ctrl-W.
  • I wasn't aware of this distinction between dialogs and full windows: thanks! But shouldn't the Edit → Settings one be a dialog?

    About Ctrl-W, it doesn't work here (GNU/Linux Mageia 9, KDE/Plasma) but I can resort the old good Alt-F4 :)
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