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Spotify Search Bar - Text Entered Backwards

Plan

- Free

Country

- United States

Device

- MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012)

Operating System

- macOS High Sierra (10.13.4)

 

Issue

- Text is entered backward in the search bar.  In addition, one is unable to highlight the text with ⌘+A.

 

Steps to Recreate Issue

1. Open Spotify in windowed mode

1. Type text in the search bar

2. Highlight the text and without letting go, drag the pointer to the left and above the search bar

3. Begin typing and the text will be entered in reverse order (cursor remains at the front of the search bar)

 

Note: (Not every location one drags to yields this strange bug)

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Hey there folks,

 

We really appreciate all your reports regarding this issue.

 

Our developers are aware and looking into this. While we don't have an exact timeline regarding a fix, we'd recommend making sure that the app is always updated to the latest version so you won't miss it.

 

You can find more info about this here.

 

Thanks!

Comments
kk00

+1. I started noticing this issue a month or two ago. I end up restarting the application which fixes the problem...for a little while. 

Plan

- Premium

Country

- United States

Device

- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016)

Operating System

- macOS Sierra (10.12.1)

robintheoffice

Almost every time I use the search bar it enters the text backwards, and I have to manually click to the right of the first letter in order to get it to type from left to right. It has been doing so for a few months now. I've tried reinstalling the desktop app, but it's still the same. Extremely aggravating.

uberkraaft

Same problem here – two of us in fact! 

bret_wieseler

This has been happening to me as well.  I'm also running a Mac.

theoaronson

+1 here too - just tried trashing app and reinstalling directly from website and did not fix. I also notice that when the backwards issue starts my arrow keys no longer work either so I have to X delete entire search typed and start over

deadpocket

Having the same problem on desktop Mac. Spotify search bar types in backward.

stefaneckstein

+1

Same behaviour here on macOS 10.14.1. (Spotify app version 1.0.95.289.g342899da)

aglasser7205

This is happening to me too, and it is extremely annoying.

Plan

- Premium

Country

- United States

Device

-MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016)

Operating System

- macOS Sierra (10.12.6)

brudy

Same problem here, also on a mac. So freaking annoying. Reminds me of old school total BS spotify bugs.

janeilidr

Experiencing the same issue as well for several weeks now, any idea where to report the issue so it can be fixed?

 

Plan

- Premium

Country

- United Kingdom

Device

-MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017)

Operating System

- macOS High Sierra (10.13.4)