bpo-38944: Escape key now closes IDLE completion windows. (GH-17419)
(cherry picked from commit 232689b40d8fcbbac27c8705607ff482ea5b46f8)
Co-authored-by: JohnnyNajera <58344607+JohnnyNajera@users.noreply.github.com>
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
index ed5cd4d..900ec5b 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
======================================
+bpo-38944: Excape key now closes IDLE completion windows. Patch by
+Johnny Najera.
+
bpo-38862: 'Strip Trailing Whitespace' on the Format menu removes extra
newlines at the end of non-shell files.
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/autocomplete_w.py b/Lib/idlelib/autocomplete_w.py
index 5035e06..f20b633 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/autocomplete_w.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/autocomplete_w.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
# before the default specific IDLE function
KEYPRESS_SEQUENCES = ("<Key>", "<Key-BackSpace>", "<Key-Return>", "<Key-Tab>",
"<Key-Up>", "<Key-Down>", "<Key-Home>", "<Key-End>",
- "<Key-Prior>", "<Key-Next>")
+ "<Key-Prior>", "<Key-Next>", "<Key-Escape>")
KEYRELEASE_VIRTUAL_EVENT_NAME = "<<autocompletewindow-keyrelease>>"
KEYRELEASE_SEQUENCE = "<KeyRelease>"
LISTUPDATE_SEQUENCE = "<B1-ButtonRelease>"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2019-11-30-12-10-36.bpo-38944._3xjKG.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2019-11-30-12-10-36.bpo-38944._3xjKG.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38084fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2019-11-30-12-10-36.bpo-38944._3xjKG.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Excape key now closes IDLE completion windows. Patch by Johnny Najera.