elementary / elementary/files

Pressing Esc while dragging a files should cancel creating a linked file

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Description

## Prerequisites
- [x] I have searched open and closed issues for duplicates.

## Feature
**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
Files creates a linked file when you drag a file in the same folder (or move that file if it's another folder). However, this behavior does not seem to cancelable once you begin dragging.

![2020-05-18 11 39 45 の画面録画](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/26003928/82169399-57c61000-98fc-11ea-8d2e-2f1c9c303e49.gif)

I pressed Esc while dragging in the screencast above, but a linked file is created against my expected behavior―the behavior is canceled and no linked file is created.

**Describe the solution you'd like**
Pressing Esc while dragging a files should cancel creating a linked file (or moving the file).

**Existing work**
This feature is implemented in Explorer on Windows and I always feel it's useful when you happen to began dragging a wrong file.

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