[Desktop] Play/pause button not automatically focused after re-opening Spotify desktop

[visnetje]

This used to be the case, but since the last few versions of Spotify Desktop re-opening the app does not automatically focus the keyboard on the Play/Pause button.

How to reproduce:

1. Open Spotify
2. Play a song
3. Hide Spotify (Cmd+H or from menu Spotify > Hide Spotify)
4. Go back to Spotify app (either from the Dock or through Cmd+Tab)
5. Press the space bar to Play/Pause
6. macOS give an error sound

When you click anywhere in the Spotify app, then the space bar will Play/Pause as usual.

This behavior makes it inconvenient to quickly hide Spotify when not needed, and go back to play/pause (without having to use the mouse) when desired.

Hope this can be fixed in a (near) future version!

[patrick00000]

Hi,

I am also experiencing this issue as described and shown by djpowers above.

Is there any work being done towards fixing it?

[palisand]

Here we are more than 3 years later experiencing the same issue.

Spotify does not capture focus when navigating to it via the keyboard; its window must be clicked on in order for the spacebar, CMD+K, and other keyboard shortcuts to work.
This is ridiculous for a company of your stature.
Get your act together.

[Novy · Accepted solution]

Hi everyone,

Thanks for the feedback in this thread. 

We can confirm our teams are aware of this, but we can't commit to a specific timeline for it to be addressed. We'd recommend keeping your app up to date at all times.

As a workaround, you can try pressing Tab + space bar.

The Community will be here if anything else comes up.