Only post ideas here that are specifically about the Linux Mint distribution or its websites.
So that developers and users from any distribution can discuss ideas in one place, post ideas about improving software to the collaboration website for that software instead.
In Nemo if you enter the search mode, it may be nice to be able to use the "Esc" escape key to be able to exit when no longer needed.
I automatically try this every time even though I know it does not work
Clicking the icon again, or pressing Ctrl+F again, closes the search bar.
As noted in the forum rules at the top of this page you should submit ideas for improving software not here. If you want to submit this idea to the Nemo developers you do that here https://github.com/linuxmint/nemo/issues. First search through open and closed issues for anything similar or related!