Comment 2 for bug 1781043

In a way I think it's good that Esc doesn't remove net highlighting, as I often press Esc just to ensure I'm in "normal" mode (probably a reflex from over-use of Vim!), and it might be annoying to have to re-highlight nets.

However, Ctrl-Left click certainly not an obvious way to escape the highlight mode when in normal mode, especially as the same thing in Highlight mode is Left click without Ctrl.