topic Window draging breaks when window is too small in Desktop (Windows)

Window draging breaks when window is too small

ChrisVanRun — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 09:40:21 GMT

Operating System

Windows 11

My Question or Issue

See attached video. When making the Spotify window small enough to collapse the search widget, it still blocks any mouse dragging. As a consequence you cannot drag the window of the application itself.

Re: Window draging breaks when window is too small

Yordan — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 09:16:07 GMT

Hi there @ChrisVanRun,

Could you let us know the exact version of Spotify you're running? If you haven't already, try disabling/enabling Hardware acceleration from the app's settings to see if that does the trick. It's also worth performing a clean reinstall by following the steps here.

Something else you can check is if changing the screen resolution has any effect on this.

Let us know how it goes! Cheers 🤘

Re: Window draging breaks when window is too small

ChrisVanRun — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 20:17:27 GMT

Hej hej!

The exact version is Spotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.33.1039.g8ddb5918.

I am pretty confident it's the search widget. It adjusts size with the
changing window width until it reaches a threshold and then it becomes a
togglable area. When untoggled the area is black, suggesting the window can
be dragged there using the cursor. This is quite a common design for window
headers.

Playing around a bit more with it, I noticed there is a small band of
pixels just below the window top that still allows for dragging the window.
Overall it's quite inconsistent on where you can and where you cannot drag
the window.

Cheers,
Chris

Re: Window draging breaks when window is too small

Vasil — Sat, 23 Mar 2024 14:25:19 GMT

Hey @ChrisVanRun,

Thank you for the additional details; we've forwarded the information to the right teams backstage!
We can't say when exactly this will get addressed in an update but I'd advise you to keep your app up to date at all times 🙂

We're here for you in case there's anything else in the meantime. Cheers!