From e566c1ec067188f36f36d7ffd087e7ac06c69617 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devan Buggay <devanb@meta.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 08:34:55 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Implement escape/cancel key press callback for TextInput
 (#48680)

Summary:
Pull Request resolved: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/48680

## Changelog:

[General] [Added] - Adds the escape key to the key press event handler payload.

Reviewed By: shwanton

Differential Revision: D68186072

fbshipit-source-id: 01786c309bff4991c12fa667e933ff6105efe638
---
 .../renderer/components/textinput/TextInputEventEmitter.cpp     | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/textinput/TextInputEventEmitter.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/textinput/TextInputEventEmitter.cpp
index 1d130feebb5..d5a7beab466 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/textinput/TextInputEventEmitter.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/textinput/TextInputEventEmitter.cpp
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ static jsi::Value keyPressMetricsPayload(
       key = "Enter";
     } else if (keyPressMetrics.text.front() == '\t') {
       key = "Tab";
+    } else if (keyPressMetrics.text.front() == '\x1B') {
+      key = "Escape";
     } else {
       key = keyPressMetrics.text;
     }