Alt+F4 shortcut stops working only in Spotify when “Close button should minimize the Spotify window

wwk1 — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 04:14:59 GMT

Environment
Spotify for Linux: 1.2.82.428.g0ac8be2b
OS: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Description
After updating to the latest version, enabling the option “Close button should minimize the Spotify window” causes the Alt+F4 shortcut to stop working specifically in Spotify.

Alt+F4 continues to function normally system-wide and in other applications.

Steps to reproduce
1. Open Spotify
2. Go to Settings
3. Enable “Close button should minimize the Spotify window”
4. Press Alt+F4

Expected behavior
Alt+F4 should minimize the Spotify window.

Actual behavior
Alt+F4 does nothing in Spotify.

Regression
The shortcut worked correctly in the previous version.

topic Alt+F4 shortcut stops working only in Spotify when “Close button should minimize the Spotify window in Desktop (Linux)

Alt+F4 shortcut stops working only in Spotify when “Close button should minimize the Spotify window