lilac sentinelIt sounds like you’re trying to capture key presses from inside a Ticker, but FancyMenu tickers don’t get keyboard events directly. Instead, use the On Keyboard Key Pressed / Released listeners described in the Listeners doc. Those listeners expose $$key_name (and related vars) so you can run an action script that checks for ESC or SPACE, closes the current screen, and opens the one you want (closegui, opengui, etc.).
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