How to send <Esc> to VSCode in Insert mode?

[anthonyma94]

Hi, I'd like Esc to be ignored by Vim and to be sent to VSCode while in insert mode. I've tried setting <Nop> in settings but that just ignores the keypress:

"vim.insertModeKeyBindingsNonRecursive": [
    {
      "before": ["<Esc>"],
      "after": ["<Nop>"]
    }
  ]

I don't think I can put it in vim.handleKeys because I would still like Esc to function for Vim in other modes. Any ideas?