fix: preserve selector text input and close on escape

docs/configuration.md

@@ -199,7 +199,9 @@ config.bind "ctrl+h", nil, mode: config.modes.tree
 
 The diff's changed-file explorer and floating picker use these same tree and selection contexts, including remaps and disabled keys. Enter opens the selected file's comparison; Working checkout After reuses its editable buffer. The catalog contains only changed paths, with A/M/D/R status markers, rather than a disk scan.
 
-Ordinary `config.core.file_picker` and `config.core.file_explorer` bindings work inside comparisons. Ctrl+w closes a focused picker/explorer, retaining its query, selection, and expansion state; the panes use the reclaimed width. Ctrl+e has no reserved diff behavior. Close the comparison explicitly with `:diff.close`, its palette action, or the generated action value below. `config.core.diff` remains the opening action and also exposes its immutable `close` child; Escape never closes a comparison.
+Ordinary `config.core.file_picker` and `config.core.file_explorer` bindings work inside comparisons. Ctrl+w closes a focused picker/explorer, retaining its query, selection, and expansion state; the panes use the reclaimed width. Ctrl+e has no reserved diff behavior. Escape closes the revision selector in either stage, but an opened comparison still closes explicitly through `:diff.close`, its palette action, or the generated action value below. `config.core.diff` remains the opening action and also exposes its immutable `close` child.
+
+Focused selector/filter input receives printable text before Normal-mode action bindings, so `:` stays query text instead of opening Command input. Explicit tree/selection navigation overrides remain effective. Control-key editor action bindings and Ctrl+p remain available.
 
 ```ruby
 config.bind "leader d q", config.core.diff.close

docs/editing.md

@@ -295,7 +295,9 @@ The floating selector has **Revisions / Bookmarks** tabs for jj, or **Commits /
 | Up / Down, Ctrl+k / Ctrl+j | Previous / next entry |
 | Backspace / Ctrl+u | Remove a query grapheme / clear query |
 | Enter | Choose the entry |
-| Esc | Cancel loading; After → return to Before; Before → clear query without closing |
+| Esc | Close either selector stage, cancel outstanding work, and restore the source buffer without discarding edits |
+
+Printable input belongs to the focused query, including `:`, `_`, and `|`; Normal-mode command or pane bindings cannot steal it. Explicit selection-navigation bindings still take priority. Use Ctrl+p to select an action, or configure a control-key action binding, when you need an editor action while the selector is focused.
 
 The selector initially lists local revisions and known tracking refs **without contacting remotes**. **Load refs from origin** (or another configured remote) in Bookmarks/Branches/Tags lists advertised references, including refs never fetched locally, without advancing the selection stage. Selecting a reference such as `some-bookmark@origin` reuses available content or fetches the missing selected reference into a temporary comparison repository. **Load history from origin** in Revisions/Commits explicitly imports searchable remote history. Network operations use the repository's existing credentials; errors stay in the selector. They do not update active refs, snapshot jj's working copy, or change the checkout.
 
@@ -331,7 +333,7 @@ Diff backgrounds blend the terminal's default background with its red/green pale
 
 Missing counterparts use adjacent muted `╱` diagonals (U+2571, box drawings light diagonal) on the normal terminal background, one per column. Unlike the text slash `/`, this glyph is designed to reach cell corners so diagonals can join end to end across successive rows. Pixel-perfect joins depend on the terminal's font and line-spacing rendering. Actual empty source lines retain their normal/change background and are not hatched.
 
-In Normal mode, Tab/Shift+Tab cycles focus between Files and the visible text panes, skipping absent panes. Switching Before/After synchronizes the primary cursor by aligned diff row and display column. A missing counterpart uses the nearest visible source row; shorter lines clamp the column while retaining the preferred display column for the return trip. Vertical wheel input scrolls the visible panes without moving the focused text caret; switching sides by vertical wheel also synchronizes the cursor. Over Files it navigates visible tree rows without opening them. Horizontal wheel input in either split synchronizes the Before/After horizontal offsets, bounded by the longer side, without changing focus, cursor, or selections; over Files it is consumed. Added/deleted files retain single-pane scrolling. Escape cancels modes, prompts, or filtering, or returns picker focus to the last bound text pane; **it never closes the diff**. Use **`:diff.close`**, find `diff.close` in the palette, or bind **`config.core.diff.close`** to leave the comparison explicitly. The dotted command is intentional; there is no `:diffclose` alias.
+In Normal mode, Tab/Shift+Tab cycles focus between Files and the visible text panes, skipping absent panes. Switching Before/After synchronizes the primary cursor by aligned diff row and display column. A missing counterpart uses the nearest visible source row; shorter lines clamp the column while retaining the preferred display column for the return trip. Vertical wheel input scrolls the visible panes without moving the focused text caret; switching sides by vertical wheel also synchronizes the cursor. Over Files it navigates visible tree rows without opening them. Horizontal wheel input in either split synchronizes the Before/After horizontal offsets, bounded by the longer side, without changing focus, cursor, or selections; over Files it is consumed. Added/deleted files retain single-pane scrolling. While a comparison is open, Escape cancels modes, prompts, or filtering, or returns picker focus to the last bound text pane; it leaves the comparison open. Use **`:diff.close`**, find `diff.close` in the palette, or bind **`config.core.diff.close`** to leave the comparison explicitly. The dotted command is intentional; there is no `:diffclose` alias.
 
 Both diff panes apply available semantic tokens from their own buffer, independently of keyboard focus. Historical snapshots never borrow the working buffer's tokens; live After tokens must match the displayed text revision. Missing or invalidated tokens leave Tree-sitter syntax colors intact. Semantic colors and modifiers preserve the change backgrounds.