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#### It would be nice if we could press 'escape' to cancel actions.

Glitch is very good about keyboard escapes for menus, but it lacks a cancel shortcut for actions. I have three scenarios explaining why I think using the escape key to cancel actions would improve the game:
1. A new player finds a rock on the right end of the screen. He starts to mine, but notices the action will result in the pooped status, likely resulting in death! He tries to cancel, but (sad sadness!) he was standing so close to the right of the screen that the little 'x' after the bubble text can't be clicked! This kills the glitch.
2. A player is in a race against the clock to harvest the trees on her yard before the new day! In her haste, she accidentally chooses 'pet' instead of 'harvest'! In the time in takes her to move her hand from the keyboard to the mouse, move the cursor over the tiny 'x' and click, the new day has arrived! The glitch bemoans the lack of a keyboard escape option!
3. A player wants to make a FHSP and an EHSP. He starts making the FHSP but soon realizes he won't have enough sparkly element left to make the better EHSP. He wants to cancel, but alas! The window chides 'let it finish!' when he tries to cancel the operation. Back to the salt mines for you, little glitch!
In short, I love keyboard shortcuts and I hope I've made a compelling case!

Posted 4 months ago by Zen Biped | Permalink

### Replies

- I agree, especially on point 3. I've accidently made the wrong fruit or gas... or some other such thing and not been able to stop it. Leaving me with items I can't use and the need to harvest more raw material. (Especially if your wanting to make that EHSP so you can get your donations in before the day ends and you're nearly out of energy.)
  Posted 4 months ago by Kaelyn Renai | Permalink
- the red x in the crafting menu that implies that there should be a way to exit (but then when you click results in 'let it finish' drives me nuts from a UI perspective. it there's no way to exit the action, why would you show a cancel button?
  Posted 4 months ago by Tribeca | Permalink
- Especially when you realize you forgot to take energy decay into consideration before making that huge max batch of laughing gas. And as you repeatedly spam that little red x, you realize that you're the only one laughing since you're about to die, snug inside your house where no one can even mourn you. :/
  Posted 4 months ago by Kaelyn Renai | Permalink
- Great idea - the more keyboard shortcuts, the better!
  Posted 4 months ago by katlazam | Permalink
- +1! This could be an option for preferences.
  Posted 4 months ago by AwesomeCardinal2000 | Permalink
- Yes! Cancelling should work and even better if Esc worked to do it :)
  Posted 4 months ago by M<3tra, obviously | Permalink