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When reading an email, the ESC key can be used to close the window. This doesn't work when you're composing an email. Is there any way to do this? This happened in T-Bird 2.x, as well, but I'm looking for a 3.0 solution.

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  • This is for Ubuntu, BTW. Sorry I failed to mention that..... Dec 28, 2009 at 21:43
  • ESC closed a new mail window in thunderbird 2 ? I am not sure I believe that. Control+W or Alt+F4 will close the window. 1 more key, but less reach than esc anyway.
    – Chris
    Sep 1, 2010 at 12:01
  • No, ESC failed to close a new window in 2.0 as well, but I am looking for a 3.0 solution (3.0 was new when I made this post). Sep 1, 2010 at 14:38
  • @studiohack - why do you keep editing my posts and deleting my "Thanks"? I find it rude. Sep 1, 2011 at 0:33
  • @JoeCasadonte hello/thanks/regards/etc are discouraged here, I edit it out of just about everything I see, its not you.
    – studiohack
    Sep 1, 2011 at 4:16

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use ALT + F4 instead. works for both, messages opened in new windows and indeed the 'write mail' window.

if you want a single key, you can of course remap ALT + F4 (globally) with Keymapper to any other key. however, i wouldn't recommend ESC for various reasons, i'm using Pause instead (which has an unwanted impact on NumLock but there's a work around).

Keymapper is open source freeware.

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