Is there a way to exit the text editor dialog box without using the mouse? Hitting enter creates a new line. It would be nice if there was a shortcut key so that I’m not constantly reaching for a mouse just to click the ok button.
I understand hitting ESC twice exits the text editor but it does not save your changes upon exiting. Thus it’s more akin to hitting the CANCEL button than the ENTER/OK button.
Judging from the response when you asked two weeks ago, the answer seems to be “No”:
Might make for a good Feature Suggestion, though.
Yes, I did ask two weeks ago, but that question got lost without an answer. Hence the need to ask again.
AFAICT, the answer is “No”, which is why nobody gave a better response.
@JohnJohn: the doc says “Press Esc to finish creating the Text Object”, but that cancels the editor without saving any changes:
I’d vote for Esc to bail out and Ctrl+Enter to save-and-exit, exactly like this very forum, but I admit to having those as finger macros.
(TIL: how to type keyboard buttons. 
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Thank you Ed!
Will reproduce, screenshot and submit to the documentation team.
On a Mac, using LightBurn 2.0.03, the Esc key doesn’t exit and cancel the entered text. The first press moves from entering unselected text to editing or entering selected text with the text tool enabled, but it wouldn’t let me change the text until I clicked into the text. The second Esc key left the text selected, intact and jumped out of the editor. The third Esc key deselected the text. I’ll check to see what’s happening on a win 10 or win 11 machine.
You’re right.. this seems unanticipated.
The shout-out for documentation issues is always appreciated.
Having worked in many large industries, documentation is always behind. It has to be unless you hire a bunch of clairvoyant people to write it..
Then it becomes a game of telephone, one tells someone how it’s supposed to work then they tell the document people…
It seems there is an infinite number of ways to get the documentation hosed up.
I don’t know how many times I’ve adjusted the text size, done what I needed to do and end up typing text in the character size box…
Just the version changes from 1.6 → 1.7 → 2.0 are enough of a headache even with automation assistance.
This is beautiful.
I often joke about our ‘Remote Viewing’ (ESP) capabilities when I’m expected to understand something I can’t see or measure.
It reminds me of how law attempts to catch up with technology, only to have technology suddenly roar off in another direction.
Are you referring to the Edit Text Shape box?
I’m testing different keystrokes to attempt to exit it.
I can exit the ‘conventional text entering/editing dialog’ and preserve the edit, by using tab to move from the selected text to another selectable object, then using Esc to leave the new selection.
Still testing! 
This 100%
Some sort of shortcut key combo to exit the text dialog box AND save changes.
…same here 
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