Apple TV search bar cannot edit

Bruv, you're not alone.

I can't say for sure when it started, but I'm guessing somewhere around Labor Day - so at least 3 months.

I feel your pain with trying to find answers to this. Even explaining *precisely* what the problem is poses a challenge: "I can't go back to the search line"? I can't edit searches after searching"?

It should go without saying that we (1) confirmed the software is up to date; (2) disco/redo from the wifi; (3) cleared YT search history; and (4) hard reset the Apple TV. This isn't an IT Crowd fix where its resolved by changing network names or swapping out the remote.

Something broke in the code for an update, and apparently not enough people have complained (or been affected) to warrant a fix.

I'll keep searching. Let me know if you find anything

Here’s a cheap work around.

Problem

1) You search for the first time. You select one of the results.

2) Now, you want to edit. You cant access the edit feature. Right?

Solution

1) When you are at point #2 in the Problem listed above, Select the Microphone phone button on your apple tv remote

2) Now, select the menu button on your apple tv remote. Bingo, you get your last typed text. And, you can now edit.

Let me know if it worked. I had the same problem too

Hey there Stephen Morimoto,

If this is a sudden change, try restarting your Apple TV and check to see if that helps:

Do any of the following:

• Press and hold both the Back  (Siri Remote 2nd generation or later) or  (Siri

Remote 1st generation) and TV   buttons on the Siri Remote until the Apple TV status light blinks rapidly.

• Disconnect Apple TV from the power outlet, wait five seconds, then reconnect it.

• Open Settings  on Apple TV, go to System and select Restart.

Restart Apple TV - Apple Support

Take care!

Hello Stephen Morimoto,

Does this only occur in the YouTube app? Are you able to reproduce this behavior when searching other apps, like the Apple TV app?

If not, then it would be best to contact the developer of the app (YouTube in this case) for additional troubleshooting steps. They built the app, so they'll be able to assist further. Here's how: How to contact an app developer - Apple Support

Contact the developer of a tvOS app

1. Open the App Store on your Apple TV.

2. Search for the app, then choose it.

3. The app's product page appears. Scroll to the bottom of the page. Find the developer's website in the Information section.

In case this happens in multiple apps, then we'd recommend the updating the Apple TV: Update your Apple TV - Apple Support

Is this happening with the Apple TV Remote or the Apple TV Remote app on your iOS device? If you haven't tested the Apple TV Remote, we'd do that now and the Apple TV Remote app, if you haven't tried this yet.

Let us know how it goes, take care.

I have the same issue and it drives me nuts. And this happens only with the YouTube app.

Update: just realized that you can change the keyboard layout to grid mode and it solves the problem for now. It's under settings > general > keyboard layout.

Having the same dang problem. Think it stared when i updated my appletv

I didn’t invent it. Angered by the problem, I was aggressively clicking all the buttons and noticed something made it work. Glad you found it useful. Good night. 🙂🙂

Hi guys,

I was suffering because of the same problem as well. I changed the keyboard language to Turkish on the YouTube search box and it’s been solved.