[Desktop][Search] Return Search bar to main screen

[Delyrium]

The Search bar was recently shifted to the scroll menu on the side (Windows Desktop Client), however, I cannot see why.

The Search bar is such an essential feature, which needs quick access at any time. With its new position, I have to click the scroll menu on the side first in order to scroll right to the top, just to click the extra Search option.

When I for example create a new playlist and browse through the artists´ pages to find the fitting songs, I can not simply drag and drop the song without scrolling down the long list until i reach my playlist. Then I have to scroll all the way up again to enter a new artist into the Search bar.
This just seems unnecessarily complicated and counterintuitive.

It´s not that the space was filled with something more important anyway (not that there are much more important things than the essential Search feature)... it´s just a blank space now.

I would really appreciate it if you moved the Search bar back to its previous position at the top of the main section, no matter whether it was a band page, playlist or anything else. It could still unfold into its extra screen (like it does now) when clicking it but the position has to be easily accessible at any time.

[Yordan]

Updated on 2023-03-30

Hey everyone,

It seems that this idea ended up in the wrong board accidentally, so we're bringing it back.

We're keeping the previous Not Right Now status, as we don't have any immediate plans to implement this. As soon as we have any new information to share, rest assured we'll check back in here.

Take care.

[wheel110]

The search bar should always be visible.  I'm primarily using the desktop app on a windows laptop.

Use Case 1:  I'm in a playlist and if I scroll down the search bar (at the top) disappears until I scroll back to the top of the list.  The search bar should always be visible.

Use Case 2:  The search bar is almost invisible against a sea of 'black'.  I believe the search bar icon (magnifying glass) could be a different color, or bigger, or frame a search bar like used to be standard. 

Use Case 3: I'm not in a playlist.  The search bar is now only visible on the left side of the app.  Keep it in a single consistent place. 

Use Case 4:  I don't usually want to search in my playlist specifically I almost always want to search for a new artist/song.  Could we have a preference added to allow always searching the entirety of spotify?