Regression of MCPE-14373
Original description
In Minecraft Windows 10 Edition pressing the Esc key on my keyboard doesn't close the chat. I have to press Esc twice to close it. The chat should just close when I press Esc once. This creates a problem when chatting, then something sneaks up on you and closing chat isn't so responsive.
Steps to reproduce
Type T to open chat.
Type something.
Press Esc because you want the chat to close.
Since chat didn't close the first time, you have to press Esc again!
Additional notes
Currently, pressing escape the first time merely "unfocuses" the chat box. This is not a meaningful action because (a) the chat box is the only interactive field on screen, and (b) you can still type even after unfocusing it. Therefore, unfocusing it accomplishes nothing and pressing escape should close the menu the first time.
In general, the only action to take after unfocusing a field is focusing another one, which you could have done in the first place without unfocusing. Esc probably should not be bound to the unfocus action to prevent issues like this.
Linked issues
Comments 4
Duplicate of MCPE-14373, it should be reopened.
Because that had been marked as fixed for over 4 years, creating a new report may be better. The relates to link would do (though probably should have been "clones").
Thank you for your report!
After consideration, the issue is being closed as Won't Fix.
Please note that this is not the same as Working as Intended, as this bug report correctly describes behavior in the game that might not be the intended or desirable behavior, but it will not be fixed right now. Sometimes, this is because the issue reported is minor and/or impossible to change without large architectural changes to the code base.
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As you say, when you first touch the esc key, it deactivates the interaction where you can type and press the key again then close the chat window.
It is an unexpected behavior in Minecraft Bedrock for W10 since on phones (which is where I have also been able to test) this double-tapping to close all the chat makes a little more sense, With the first touch you hide the keyboard and now the second close the whole window.
Let's wait for a response from the developers