topic Re: Windows volume up/down keys do not work when spotify has focus in Desktop (Windows)

Windows volume up/down keys do not work when spotify has focus

macke — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:27:16 GMT

On Win7 Pro 64-bit.

They don't affect neither the Spotify volume nor the global Windows volume. (I'd prefer the latter, plz.)

Re: Windows volume up/down keys do not work when spotify has focus

catfive — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:11:06 GMT

So glad to find this thread - it is not just you macke.

Spotify team, if you need access to a machine exhibing this behavior for trapping/testing, I'm at your service.

Re: Windows volume up/down keys do not work when spotify has focus

TheBerry — Wed, 16 May 2012 05:37:11 GMT

This needs to be fixed. I hate not being able to change my volume while in spotify

Re: Windows volume up/down keys do not work when spotify has focus

MtnXfreeride — Sat, 26 May 2012 22:02:03 GMT

This happens on EVERY computer, please fix this asap, its F'ING annoying, and has been present for months! HP laptop, my desktop with logitech illuminated keyboard, my other desktop with a bluetooth keyboard, my sony laptop....

Re: Windows volume up/down keys do not work when spotify has focus

Quantum — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 03:30:53 GMT

I am in total agreement! I would like my SYSTEM(Not Spotify) volume controls to work when Spotify is in focus! Although, AFTER this has been fixed, an option to select which volume is affected would be nice, but that is not as important to me.

Re: Windows volume up/down keys do not work when spotify has focus

lukeflegg — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 23:02:39 GMT

Rahhh!

Spotify PLEASE fix this.

I have a multimedia keyboard (G15) and I use the volume control on it all the time.

Spotify is the only program I own that disables the volume control on my keyboard... how have you done that?!

I have to switch to some other program I have open just to enable the volume control on my keyboard!!)

I don't want to use the slider in Spotify. It's slower and it's unecessary. I don't have to work around it with any other program. Plus of course I may want to reduce Windows volume, not just spotify, so that's why I can't just use the spotify volume slider.

I fear this is something to do with preventing people from easily turning the volume down on adverts because it used to work fine once...

Re: Windows volume up/down keys do not work when spotify has focus

whopkins — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:52:46 GMT

yes, please fix

Re: Windows volume up/down keys do not work when spotify has focus

gsmith — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 15:48:51 GMT

I've had this problem ever since I started using Spotify and thought it would be fixed in later updates. It hasn't. I can only change the volume with my keyboard, while in Spotify, by hitting it one by one. I can't hold down the volume or hit it too rapidly.

SPOTIFY please fix this. It is very annoying.

Re: Windows volume up/down keys do not work when spotify has focus

tab73 — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 15:21:18 GMT

Why is this not fixed yet? It has been this way since the beginning and I think it is the only program I have ever used that does this. And this is a MUSIC PLAYER no less. A type of program that needs volume adjustments often! Seriously spotify devs....WHY?

Re: Windows volume up/down keys do not work when spotify has focus

al8789 — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:11:11 GMT

This is seriously an issue

Re: Windows volume up/down keys do not work when spotify has focus

eponymos — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:31:52 GMT

Please fix this!

Extremely annoying!

Re: Windows volume up/down keys do not work when spotify has focus

pjank — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 16:16:10 GMT

Oh come on! A year goes by and still no fix!?

This app really needs some usability improvements, and this is one of the most annoying ones. Get to work guys.

Status changed to: New Idea

Peter__ — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 13:36:23 GMT

Changed back to "new idea" status - once this idea reaches 100+ kudos the Spotify staff will review it again and decide on a new status. ~ Peter

Re: Windows volume up/down keys do not work when spotify has focus

mjharrrp — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 02:59:45 GMT

I have the same problem really annoying spotify! i have a hp pavilion g6 with windows 7 if that helps

Re: Windows volume up/down keys do not work when spotify has focus

jarrin — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:06:22 GMT

Thanks for reporting this.

I'm having this problem too. Very annoying.
I'm looking forward to see it get fixed!!

Edit:

Wow, this topic is a year old + everbody is having this problem? And still no fix? Very dissapointing 😕

@Peter,

Why does this have to get more "likes"? It's a bug that interferes with a main functionality of spotify!!! Come on!!

Re: Windows volume up/down keys do not work when spotify has focus

Julmuri — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:44:13 GMT

Have you tried this? http://superuser.com/questions/560325/why-logitech-keyboards-media-keys-dont-work

Re: Windows volume up/down keys do not work when spotify has focus

user-removed — Tue, 28 May 2013 06:51:51 GMT

@Julmuri It's not that situation. Media keys work normally, but as soon as Spotify window gets focus, volume up/down keys do nothing (other keys work, by the way).

Re: Windows volume up/down keys do not work when spotify has focus

TJDubbz — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:12:10 GMT

A year and a half, really?

Re: Windows volume up/down keys do not work when spotify has focus

PoTTii — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 18:37:21 GMT

42 Kudos, how about fixing this?

Re: Windows volume up/down keys do not work when spotify has focus

praetoriansentr — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 19:14:25 GMT

Running into the same issue here. It seems like this should be relatively simple to fix. The fact that spotify breaks the volume controls is a very strange user experience.