I think the Escape button is supposed to get rid of the region in the TCP but every time I press it the first thing it takes away is the Mixer window...which in my case with 2 video monitors I never want closed. After the mixer window is gone and I press Escape again then the region disappears and then I have to open the mixer window again which isn't hard (Ctrl M) but it's annoying. Does anybody have a suggestion or can tell what they've done to stop this?

Sorry no solution but a thread about this and other key pass-through issues here:

You are completely right of course :)