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Thunderbird shortcut for closing email?

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Hi, I am used to clsing and email in Outlook by pressing the ESC key. How can I program Thunderbird to do this or is there a short cut already. I could not find one in the FAQ list. Thanks much

Hi, I am used to clsing and email in Outlook by pressing the ESC key. How can I program Thunderbird to do this or is there a short cut already. I could not find one in the FAQ list. Thanks much

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See this review that explains how to do this with tbkeys-lite:

https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-us/thunderbird/addon/close-on-escape-too/reviews/1163597/