When using Figma’s comment feature, we often input text using an input method editor (IME), which includes a composition process for converting characters (such as from Japanese kana to kanji).

In most IME environments, pressing the ESC key once during composition cancels the ongoing conversion and returns to the pre-converted state. Pressing ESC again cancels the entire text input.

However, in Figma’s comment input field, pressing ESC even once during the composition phase closes the entire comment box. This results in losing all the text being typed, even if it hasn’t been confirmed yet.

This behavior is very disruptive for users who rely on IMEs.

Could you please prevent the comment box from closing when ESC is pressed during text composition?
 

The first screenshot shows the behavior in VSCode when pressing the ESC key during text composition.

The second screenshot shows how pressing ESC in Figma’s comment field behaves in contrast.