escape to close browser?

[sammcj]

This may sound like a stupid question, but other than selecting a file and hitting enter to open it, how do you close the file browser?

I would have expected that escape would do it, but no?

[vovkkk]

1. It is normal tab, so any default keys will do, e.g. on Windows ctrl+w
2. If you launch browser with "other_group" argument while existing browser is focused it will be closed (the behaviour is supposed to mimic toggle sidebar)

3. You can bind escape in you user keybindings file:

   {
      "keys": ["escape"],
      "command": "close_file",
      "context": [
          { "key": "selector", "operator": "equal", "operand": "text.dired" },
          { "key": "setting.dired_rename_mode", "operand": false },
          { "key": "num_selections", "operator": "equal", "operand": 1 },
          { "key": "has_next_field", "operator": "equal", "operand": false },
          { "key": "has_prev_field", "operator": "equal", "operand": false },
          { "key": "panel_visible", "operator": "equal", "operand": false },
          { "key": "overlay_visible", "operator": "equal", "operand": false },
          { "key": "auto_complete_visible", "operator": "equal", "operand": false }
      ]
   }

[sammcj]

Brilliant answer, thank you so much for your time @vovkkk 👍