[HOLD for payment 2023-03-16] Feature Request: Pressing Esc when composing a new message should clear the message

[kavimuru]

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Problem:

When editing a message, pressing Escape cancels the edit; when composing a new message, Escape does nothing.

Solution:

Make pressing Escape clear the new message being composed.

Context/Examples/Screenshots/Notes:

Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
Notes/Photos/Videos:

esc.key.behavior.mp4

Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: @quinthar
Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C049HHMV9SM/p1677476774053969

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The solution for this issue has been 🚀 deployed to production 🚀 in version 1.2.80-2 and is now subject to a 7-day regression period 📆. Here is the list of pull requests that resolve this issue:

• Clear compose on Esc key #15650

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