Google engineers are planning to change how the Escape key works in the Chrome browser, and it’s all being done as part of a security-focused change meant to make it harder for shady sites to open popups.
The feature is expected to ship with Chrome version 76, scheduled for release at the end of July 2019.
The general idea is that starting with Chrome 76, pressing the Escape key on your keyboard will not “activate” a page and prevent it from running JavaScript code — like it did until now.
