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Keyboard shortcut ctrl+alt+F (Search in Your Library) not working with colemak layout
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Plan
Premium
Device
PC
Operating System
Windows 10 Enterprise
Spotify App Version
Spotify for Windows (64 bit)
1.2.30.1135.g02fef27a
My Issue
The keyboard shortcut for "Search in Your Library" ctrl-alt-F is not working. I figured that some keyboard layout/languages treat ctrl+alt+*some letter* as special character typing (Alt Gr on keyboards or ctrl+alt combination). I did not find any working and reliable way to disable AltGr functionality without interfering with other Windows functionalities.
A workaround for this issue is switching to another language, hitting ctrl-alt-F, reverting to the previous layout OR scroll to the top of the "Your Library" list and mouse-click the small magnifying glass icon.
As far as I understand keyboard shortcuts with ctrl-alt should be avoided on Windows for that exact reason (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20040329-00/?p=40003). The article is old but it seems to be still valid. I guess Spotify designers have found a gap for this exact key combination (ctrl-alt-F) to be vacant for some widely used keyboard layouts and I may be the only "Windows-spotify-colemak-user" out there.
If you have any suggestions for easy access to "Search in Your Library" or another workaround for the issue, I will be happy to hear.
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