Whereever I was, I pressed Ctrl+Shift+A and could start to write in the search box that had appeared.
In foobar 9 however, after pressing the global hotkey for search nothing happens. I then have to press on foobar icon to bring it up and then press on search box to make it active. Unusable.
The way it worked in Foobar 8 really grew on me. Please bring it back!