Modified to support Gnome 3.36+. Original here: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1122/esc-to-close-overview-from-applications-list/ Close the Overview when you are in Applications list and hit ESC when searchbox is empty. The default gnome-shell behaviour is in first ESC hit clean the searchbox, the second ESC back to Activities overview and the third ESC close the overview. This extension suppress the activities overview from applications overview

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