ESC Closes Comment Editor Instead of Dismissing Emoji Picker

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When editing a comment in Discussions, pressing : opens the emoji picker. If I then press Escape to dismiss the picker without selecting an emoji, the entire comment editor closes — discarding my edit without any warning.

Expected behavior: Escape dismisses the emoji picker and returns focus to the comment editor.

Actual behavior: Escape closes the comment editor entirely, losing the in-progress edit.

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Open a comment in Discussions and click Edit

  2. Press : to trigger the emoji picker

  3. Press Escape to dismiss the picker

  4. -> The edit window closes instead of just hiding the picker

This is particularly frustrating because there’s no confirmation dialog — the edit is silently discarded. The fix should scope Escape to the innermost active overlay (the emoji picker) rather than the parent editor.

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Thank you for your report. It’s been added to our tracker and will be looked into.