The escape key should exit from VisualEditor. My web-based email client does this and I think gmail does as well. It is a natural way to get out of the "edit" mode and return to view mode.
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MarkAHershberger subscribed.
Krenair closed this task as a duplicate of T52868: Escape key inside the main editor should cancel VE mode and return to action=view.Jan 7 2015, 10:08 PM2015-01-07 22:08:12 (UTC+0)