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Esc key should close currently-open menu #25

Open carmacleod opened 6 years ago

carmacleod commented 6 years ago

Here is an example of why a user would want to use the Escape key to close a menu:

At this point, you want to close the menu and open another one. This is easy to do with a mouse, but it takes either 5 Shift+Tabs plus an Enter key, OR, 7 Tabs plus Enter, if you are only using a keyboard.

A keyboard user would expect to type the Escape key while they were focused on the "Social Security Questions", and have the current menu close, with focus placed back on "Benefits, Grants, Loans".