From e45cd49796dada0cb3de17fae543716948331545 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 11:52:18 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Have the Esc shortcut perform exactly the same set of actions
 as clicking the clear button. Fixes #900048 ([Enhancement] Request keyboard
 shortcut for Reset Quick Search)

---
 src/calibre/gui2/ui.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py b/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py
index 63db7a561c..e035777c5e 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ class Main(MainWindow, MainWindowMixin, DeviceMixin, EmailMixin, # {{{
                         'log will be displayed automatically.')%self.gui_debug, show=True)
 
     def esc(self, *args):
-        self.search.clear()
+        self.clear_button.click()
 
     def start_content_server(self, check_started=True):
         from calibre.library.server.main import start_threaded_server