# Very odd Search Box behaviour in Engine DJ

**URL:** https://community.enginedj.com/t/very-odd-search-box-behaviour-in-engine-dj/70175
**Category:** Engine DJ (Mac & PC)
**Created:** [July 27, 2026, 10:49am UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/very-odd-search-box-behaviour-in-engine-dj/70175 "2026-07-27T10:49:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Mark\_Butler](https://community.enginedj.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Mark\_Butler](https://community.enginedj.com/u/Mark_Butler)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2026, 10:49am UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/very-odd-search-box-behaviour-in-engine-dj/70175/1 "2026-07-27T10:49:39Z")

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This is a very weird bug, just wondering if anyone else has encountered or has a solution.

The Search box in Engine DJ functions correctly, but the text appearing in the box itself has characters swapped at random.

Here’s a screenshot showing what I mean: I have searched for “missing tod”, and it has done the search correctly (there were no matching files, and you can see from the “could not be found” message that is searching the correct string). But in the search box itself is a random jumble of characters, some correct but most wrong.

 ![image](https://community.enginedj.com/uploads/default/original/3X/6/6/6666cffc67c5057f34f6979e0ed996815c8e574b.jpeg)

This bug happens about 75% of the time. It’s not the end of the world, as the search still works, but it makes it hard to see if you’ve made a typo.

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### Author: ![PKtheDJ](https://community.enginedj.com/user_avatar/community.enginedj.com/pkthedj/32/5819_2.png) [@PKtheDJ](https://community.enginedj.com/u/PKtheDJ)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2026, 11:07am UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/very-odd-search-box-behaviour-in-engine-dj/70175/2 "2026-07-27T11:07:08Z")

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Not happening here. 🤔

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### Author: ![Parysatis](https://community.enginedj.com/user_avatar/community.enginedj.com/parysatis/32/14359_2.png) [@Parysatis](https://community.enginedj.com/u/Parysatis)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2026, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/very-odd-search-box-behaviour-in-engine-dj/70175/3 "2026-07-27T14:44:55Z")

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Not happening here either (Win 11, latest Engine DJ version). 🤔

I use the search box extensively, with several different writing systems …

File a bug report with all the details (operating system etc.), you may have discovered an obscure bug in the user interface.

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### Author: ![NoiseRiser](https://community.enginedj.com/user_avatar/community.enginedj.com/noiseriser/32/21153_2.png) [@NoiseRiser](https://community.enginedj.com/u/NoiseRiser)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2026, 4:40am UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/very-odd-search-box-behaviour-in-engine-dj/70175/4 "2026-07-28T04:40:39Z")

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Not happening on my macbook so far. Might be local graphic driver issue. Rest the computer and try again?