Spotlight appears but not let me type

Hi!
Sometimes I hit CMD+Space and Spotlight searchfield appears with a blinking cursor. But whenever I start to type, I type in the application I had recently open.
I'm not able to click into the Spotlight searchfield (it doesn't let me - when I click - nothing happens).
So Spotlight is useless for me.
After a reboot it works again for some time .. then it stops with the same behaviour.
Please Help!
CoderGuy

Boot in Safe Mode
Then go to ~/Library/Preferences
Move the com.apple.loginwindow.plist file from the Preferences folder to the Trash.
Now go to the Apple menu > Restart.
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