Beware of Escape Key on Squarespace

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Just trying to lay some crumbs for the next person...

So there is a feature in Squarespace that if enabled will send anyone that ever visits your site to the login page if they hit the "esc" escape key while on your site.

I finally found out this was the root issue (I had no idea it even existed) and if you need to disable this *feature* it is super simple. Watch this video for more help: https://www.charlotteohara.ca/blog/disable-escape-key-login-squarespace-tutorial 

On all the sites I've created recently with SS the Escape Key feature had to be intentionally enabled. In other words it was off by default.

14 hours ago, CaseyJScalf said:

there is a feature in Squarespace that if enabled will send anyone that ever visits your site to the login page if they hit the "esc" escape key

If you created your website before 30 August 2020, the escape key login shortcut will have been enabled by default. To check or change the setting navigate to Settings > Advanced. 

The feature is disabled by default on all Squarespace websites created after this date.