How Do I Close Dialogs and Menus???

[dukla2000]

I hope I don't sound idiotic asking this -
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It is a PITA! I guess you are running Phosh - I too spend half my time clicking the arrow at the bottom so I can X some screen.

Some menus like the Firefox hamburger you can clear by clicking the hamburger again. But it plain has not been thought out.

Another option is you can click the "world" icon at the bottom left of the keyboard and select terminal. Then if you click the ">_" button at the bottom right you can get an escape. But still darn clunky.