diff --git a/src/dlangui/core/events.d b/src/dlangui/core/events.d
index c4bf586d..3caa30de 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/core/events.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/core/events.d
@@ -364,9 +364,7 @@ class Action {
         _iconId = a._iconId;
         _state = a._state;
         _defaultState = a._defaultState;
-        _accelerators.length = a._accelerators.length;
-        foreach(i; 0 .. _accelerators.length)
-            _accelerators[i] = a._accelerators[i];
+        _accelerators = a._accelerators.dup;
         _stringParam = a._stringParam;
         _longParam = a._longParam;
         if (a._objectParam)
@@ -484,7 +482,7 @@ class Action {
         return this;
     }
     /// returns true if accelerator matches provided key code and flags
-    bool checkAccelerator(uint keyCode, uint keyFlags) {
+    bool checkAccelerator(uint keyCode, uint keyFlags) const {
         foreach(a; _accelerators) {
             if (a.keyCode == keyCode && matchKeyFlags(keyFlags, a.keyFlags))
                 return true;
diff --git a/src/dlangui/core/stdaction.d b/src/dlangui/core/stdaction.d
index eee32bec..3b613aa5 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/core/stdaction.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/core/stdaction.d
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ enum StandardAction : int {
 }
 
 const Action ACTION_OK = new Action(StandardAction.Ok, "ACTION_OK"c, "dialog-ok");
-const Action ACTION_CANCEL = new Action(StandardAction.Cancel, "ACTION_CANCEL"c, "dialog-cancel");
+const Action ACTION_CANCEL = new Action(StandardAction.Cancel, "ACTION_CANCEL"c, "dialog-cancel").addAccelerator(KeyCode.ESCAPE);
 const Action ACTION_APPLY = new Action(StandardAction.Apply, "ACTION_APPLY"c, null);
 const Action ACTION_YES = new Action(StandardAction.Yes, "ACTION_YES"c, "dialog-ok");
 const Action ACTION_NO = new Action(StandardAction.No, "ACTION_NO"c, "dialog-cancel");
diff --git a/src/dlangui/dialogs/dialog.d b/src/dlangui/dialogs/dialog.d
index 901fd6c7..029eee5b 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/dialogs/dialog.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/dialogs/dialog.d
@@ -142,6 +142,15 @@ class Dialog : VerticalLayout {
         return res;
     }
 
+    /// map key to action
+    override Action findKeyAction(uint keyCode, uint flags) {
+        foreach(a; _buttonActions) {
+            if (a.checkAccelerator(keyCode, flags))
+                return a.clone;
+        }
+        return super.findKeyAction(keyCode, flags);
+    }
+
     /// Custom handling of actions
     override bool handleAction(const Action action) {
         foreach(const Action a; _buttonActions)
diff --git a/src/dlangui/dialogs/filedlg.d b/src/dlangui/dialogs/filedlg.d
index a634222c..555ae831 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/dialogs/filedlg.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/dialogs/filedlg.d
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ class FileDialog : Dialog, CustomGridCellAdapter {
                 return true;
             }
         }
-        return false;
+        return super.onKeyEvent(event);
     }
 
     /// return true for custom drawn cell