element-hq / element-hq/element-web

If you hit cmd-, while the app is loading, you end up in limbo

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A-App Settings A-Electron O-Uncommon S-Major S-Minor T-Defect
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Description

### Steps to reproduce

1. Launch app
2. Stare at a spinner
3. Hit cmd/ctrl-, to bring up settings
4. Settings open up (hooray)
5. But you're in a half-loaded app in limbo state.

### Outcome

#### What did you expect?

Either bring settings up over the top of the launch screen, or don't load settings at all. Don't leave the user in a half-loaded limbo app.

#### What happened instead?

Limbo.

### Operating system

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### Application version

Nightly

### How did you install the app?

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### Homeserver

_No response_

### Will you send logs?

No

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