backport PR 1661

docs/pages/resources/changelog.md

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ New versions of Web Awesome are released as-needed and generally occur when a cr
 ## Next
 
 - Added the Croatian translation [#1656]
+- Fixed a bug that caused the [[Escape]] key to stop propagating when tooltips are disabled [#1607]
 
 ## 2.10.0
 

src/components/tooltip/tooltip.component.ts

@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ export default class WaTooltip extends WebAwesomeElement {
 
   private handleKeyDown = (event: KeyboardEvent) => {
     // Pressing escape when the target element has focus should dismiss the tooltip
-    if (this.open && event.key === 'Escape') {
+    if (this.open && !this.disabled && event.key === 'Escape') {
       event.stopPropagation();
       this.hide();
     }