escape always places you in chat history and not back on input field. #268534
Description
Type: Bug
- Open Github Copilot Chat.
- Invoke accessible view from the input field.
- Press Escape.
Expected Results:
I should be back in the input field.
Currently seeing:
I must press ctrl+down arrow to return to the input field.
VS Code version: Code - Insiders 1.105.0-insider (588279f, 2025-09-26T05:05:03.410Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100
Modes:
System Info
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| CPUs | AMD Ryzen 5 Microsoft Surface (R) Edition (12 x 2196) |
| GPU Status | 2d_canvas: enabled direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off trees_in_viz: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off |
| Load (avg) | undefined |
| Memory (System) | 7.45GB (0.72GB free) |
| Process Argv | --crash-reporter-id 020c59d9-47ef-412b-b2d5-3852619a9c60 |
| Screen Reader | yes |
| VM | 0% |
Extensions (35)
| Extension | Author (truncated) | Version |
|---|---|---|
| Bookmarks | ale | 13.5.0 |
| vscode-markdownlint | Dav | 0.60.0 |
| vscode-faker | dee | 2.0.0 |
| vscode-firefox-debug | fir | 2.15.0 |
| copilot | Git | 1.376.1794 |
| copilot-chat | Git | 0.32.2025092602 |
| microsoft-testing | ms- | 0.1.17 |
| azure-dev | ms- | 0.10.0 |
| vscode-azure-github-copilot | ms- | 1.0.117 |
| vscode-azure-mcp-server | ms- | 0.8.2 |
| vscode-azureappservice | ms- | 0.26.4 |
| vscode-azurecontainerapps | ms- | 0.9.1 |
| vscode-azurefunctions | ms- | 1.19.1 |
| vscode-azureresourcegroups | ms- | 0.11.4 |
| vscode-azurestaticwebapps | ms- | 0.13.2 |
| vscode-azurestorage | ms- | 0.17.0 |
| vscode-azurevirtualmachines | ms- | 0.6.10 |
| vscode-containers | ms- | 2.2.0 |
| vscode-cosmosdb | ms- | 0.28.1 |
| vscode-docker | ms- | 2.0.0 |
| vscode-edge-devtools | ms- | 2.1.9 |
| data-workspace-vscode | ms- | 0.6.3 |
| mssql | ms- | 1.36.0 |
| sql-bindings-vscode | ms- | 0.4.1 |
| sql-database-projects-vscode | ms- | 1.5.4 |
| vscode-pgsql | ms- | 1.8.0 |
| debugpy | ms- | 2025.13.2025091201 |
| python | ms- | 2025.15.2025092201 |
| vscode-pylance | ms- | 2025.8.2 |
| vscode-python-envs | ms- | 1.9.12661008 |
| remote-wsl | ms- | 0.104.2 |
| vscode-node-azure-pack | ms- | 1.7.0 |
| vscode-speech | ms- | 0.16.0 |
| windows-ai-studio | ms- | 0.22.1 |
| vscode-ai-foundry | Tea | 0.10.0 |
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