I've used "tab" as the inventory key ever since I started playing Minecraft many years ago. Currently the "escape" key works well enough to get out of the menu but it's really jarring to have to switch to that method after all this time.
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Asteraoth
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Thank you for your report!
We're actually already tracking this issue at MC-145691, so we will resolve and link this ticket as a duplicate.
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