From aee3cf15347e0e10ed3e708d7987a2919a8f8118 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Davis <paul@linuxaudiosystems.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2022 12:22:30 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] handle an action named "Escape" specially when blocking
 activation during drags

---
 libs/gtkmm2ext/bindings.cc | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/libs/gtkmm2ext/bindings.cc b/libs/gtkmm2ext/bindings.cc
index 214cb22909..551c40f3fa 100644
--- a/libs/gtkmm2ext/bindings.cc
+++ b/libs/gtkmm2ext/bindings.cc
@@ -496,7 +496,12 @@ Bindings::activate (KeyboardKey kb, Operation op)
 	/* bindings cannot be used during drags */
 
 	if (_drag_active) {
-		return true;
+		/* sadly we need to special case one possible action, because
+		   Escape is used to break drags.
+		*/
+		if (!action || action->get_name() != _("Escape")) {
+			return true;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (action) {