Don't close the quick filter bar when pressing ESC (in Win, or other equivalent keys in other OS)

[BinaryIsPrimary]

Feature Request:

Don't let hitting the ESC key (or equivalent keys in other OS than Windows) close the quick filter bar.

Background:

From a usability standpoint it is realling annoying and bugging me for years that my quick filter bar disappears unintenionally on a regular basis and I have to reenable it often. Now I found out due to this topic, that it was caused by hitting ESC (on Windows) which closes the quick filter bar. A lot of users find this really annoying since the quick filter bar is a feature I and other users use on a regular basis (nearly every session).

Benefits:

Improvement of usability (and reduction of annoyment) since the quick filter bar does not keep disappearing unintentionally.

[Jon]

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[vozice_09]

YES YES YES for this idea. Hidding quick filter bar is really bad idea! I hate this feature many years. Quick filter is part of user interface - why this part (and only this part!) disappear after escape? For me its not feature but UI error