How do you stop Visual Studio from waiting for the second part of a shortcut-combination?

Question

If I press a shortcut combination (such as Ctrl+M) – VS waits for the second one. What if I want to cancel it? (e.g. if I mistakenly press the wrong letter and am not sure which one.)

It just waits, with the "(Ctrl+M) was pressed. Waiting for a second key of chord..." in the bottom of the screen.

How do I cancel it?

Answer 1

Press Escape. Usually it is not tied as a second keystroke.

Answer 2

I normally press Esc .

I don't know of any keyboard shortcut where Esc is the second key press.