Questions tagged [slack]
Slack is a freemium, cross-platform team collaboration tool. Slack's features include real-time messaging, archiving, search, channels for team conversations, private groups, and file sharing. Slack also provides a web version accessible from a web browser. Questions about the Slack web application are off topic and should be asked on webapps.stackexchange.com.
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What would my slack status show when minimized to system tray/notification area?
What would my slack status show as when it is minimized to my Windows system tray?
I have the option Leave app running in notification area when the window is closed selected. So when I close the ...
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Code Snippet creation is not available in lightning menu
In slack desktop app for mac (version 4.11.2 3768d69-s@1605843152), I can't find the way to create code snippet with syntax highlighting.
It used to be accessible from lightning menu from message box, ...
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My Slack app redirects to the browser. How can I prevent this?
I'm using:
Mac OS Catalina: 10.15.5
Slack: 4.8.0
I've previously used the Slack desktop app to work with a client and had no problems with it.
I've now set up a new instance of Slack for a new ...
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Hide/Collapse animated gif images in Microsoft Teams?
When my coworkers post gifs in the team chat, I roll on the floor laughing.
I then usually "collapse" the gif so that it doesn't continue repeating forever in the background while I'm trying ...
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How to open downloaded file location in Slack?
Colleague sent me a file and I need to place that file to a particular location. After downloading the file, I clicked on "View all downloads" in the notification.
But the view that popped up does ...
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Slack freezes on incoming message
I have to kill the PID or wait a long time before I can use it again. The following comes up on webapp-console.log as soon as Slack freezes:
error: [DESKTOP] 'desktop.notice.shouldPlaySound' is ...
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How to enable the macOS badge icon for Slack direct messages?
When I receive a direct message on Slack, I currently receive a sound notification. The the badge icon in the macOS dock doesn't show a number though.
How can I make Slack show the number of unread ...
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recommendations for deploying a slack/bolt app to the cloud? [closed]
I've been trying to deploy my slack/bolt app, which works fine on Glitch, to AWS Lambda. Since we already use AWS, it seemed an obvious choice from the list provided on Slack.com.
I was able to get a ...
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How do I hide the slack video pop up?
While using slack's video chat if I focus on a different window a window pops up on my screen showing the same video chat. How do I disable the pop up window?
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Is it possible in Slack to move a message to a thread?
Slack has threaded messages to avoid clutter. Unfortunately, not everyone is disciplined enough to start a thread when they answer a message.
When that happens, is it possible to either:
Move a ...
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How to type a (double) quote in Slack for Windows
In most (if not all) Windows apps if I type a (double) quote it does not immediately appear and waits for the next character. If a vowel, it will turn into a diacritic like ü or é, if a space (or ...
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Outlook Calendar and Slack integration
I'm using Slack and Outlook Calendar.
The problem I have is, the messages (calendar reminders) that appear in Slack do not match my calendar any more. It's as if Outlook Slack App must cache the ...
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Slack for Windows - Something's not working
I recently installed some updates on my Windows 10 machine. After rebooting and trying to launch Slack, I get this error:
I can open the slack web app just fine, but the desktop app consistently ...
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Chrome wont open links from Slack or Terminal on MacOS Mojave
When I click on links in Slack or run terminal commands like Jupyter Notebook, which previously have prompted Chrome to open a link, no link opens in Chrome.
macOS Mojave
Chrome 78.0.3904.108
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Is there a way to start the Slack app with a maximised window but still run in the background?
I want to have the Slack desktop application run at startup in the background as it normally does with the Launch app on login settings. However this always results in a small sized window when I open ...
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Nested bulleted list in Slack
Is there a way to do nested bulleted lists with the new Slack markdown / formatting tools?
E.g. I tried this
* something
* nested something
* something else
but it doesn't render it as
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No valid OpenPGP data found when trying to verify signature of .deb package with debsig-verify
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I want to verify the signature of the last version of the slack .deb package (slack-desktop-4.1.2-amd64.deb), which I downloaded from https://slack.com/intl/en-es/downloads/linux.
I am ...
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How can I share a particular Google Drive folder with my Slack channels to be able to search in the documents from it?
There is a Google Drive integration with Slack, but:
in order to search you have to upload all your documents from Drive to Slack
you have to provide full access to your Google Drive documents and it ...
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Slack Popups have started containing escape sequences
My Windows 'pop-ups' when I receive a slack message have started (maybe in the last few days / weeks?) to have escape characters in them. e.g. '
When I view the message in Slack (web, or ...
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How to make Slack work with new Brazilian daylight savings time information?
Since Brazilian daylight savings time rules changed, in places in Brazil where it was used, Slack Desktop in Windows or Mac is showing the wrong time (advanced 1 hour).
When I change slack timezone ...
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Remove "Add people" bar in slack
Does anyone know how I can remove this huge bar suggesting me to add people to my workspace? This is so annoying and it takes half of the screen!!!
This is a workspace I only have for myself, so I ...
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Slack multi-level bullet point or numbered list
I've seen the thread on single bullet points here but can't seem to find a way to add a 2nd or any additional levels (i.e. automatic indentation). Is this not a feature? I've tried the standard TAB ...
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Slack's notifications not working in full screen mode in Window 10
I am running Window 10 (1903) tried going to:
Notifications > Send notifications for: > All activity
And then:
Pressed: Win + R
Typed: slack://notReallyWindows10
Hit: Enter
But when I run a ...
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slack bot running stops working occassionally
I'm following heroku's post including this specific section. If I make a noop change and I'm running a new deploy, the bot responds. But then after some time, I see bot stops responding:
The heroku ...
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Cannot get token when trying to set up emacs slack
I installed emacs slack and am trying to set it up using the official way (as described here: https://github.com/yuya373/emacs-slack). I created the app and got the client id and secret. I also set ...
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How to switch from a Slack team account to another
A collaborator recently invited me to a Slack workspace I was already subscribed to, which I thought was weird but I accepted.
I just found that my original account was using my [email protected] address ...
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Slack Desktop wont open on login
I would like to know why slack windows 10 desktop app does not seem to use the "Launch app on login" settings. I set it to checked but it still does not auto run the application.
I even added it ...
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How to sync google drive folders w/ slack workspaces?
Which app/service will sync a specified folder (e.g., "slack") from my Google Drive w/ my Slack workspaces in a way similar to...
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How do I remove a recurring reminder on a Slack channel that I've not set up?
Looking to remove a recurring reminder on a Slack channel. The reminder has not been set up by me so the /remind list command doesn't work (as I've not created the reminders).
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Slack: show taskbar badge unread-messages icon only for single workspace
In slack desktop, when you're signed in to several workspaces, how do you make the taskbar unread-messages notification icon (the blue circle) appear only for one given workspace?
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Useful XMPP chat notifications in Pidgin
I'm using XMPP chat rooms at work via Pidgin for team chat. I'm used to Slack, but we haven't fully switched over as of yet.
Pidgin doesn't seem to be set up to allow useful persistent chat ...
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Can Slack Share Only One Window Or Part Of Screen?
Any way to share only one window or part of screen during Slack screen share?
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Slackware 14.2 - Ensure mail transfer agent is configured for local-only mode
Mail Transfer Agents (MTA), such as sendmail and Postfix, are used to listen for incoming mail and transfer the messages to the appropriate user or mail server. If the system is not intended to be a ...
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Jenkins send slack notification when slave agent goes offline
I have a local Jenkins instance ( version 2.164 ) and I have slack notifications plugin set up for pipelines and job results, but I would also like to receive notifications to my slack channel when ...
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Hearing notification sounds while Windows 10 focus assist is enabled
I love the Windows 10 focus assist feature, it really does filter out most notifications and helps me focus.
I am having one issue with it though, some applications still play a notification sound ...
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Slack Sound / Notification Issue With Windows 10, Focus assist is on but its turned off in settings?
I've only recently joined the wide community of people using Slack because I needed to join a workspace for my job. This workspace is amazing and I love slack especially for communication and that's ...
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Slack desktop app consumes almost 1GB only for 3 workspaces
Can you tell me why slack desktop app consumes almost 1GB memory on my Windows 10 Pro PC? I have opened only 3 workspaces. This is horrible right? Any solution to reduce this.
This is the version: ...
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Chrome, Slack and Thunderbird crashing on Windows 10
I'm trying to troubleshoot a problem I've been having for some time on my Windows 10 laptop, whereby at some point (no specific interval but often days after startup) tabs in Chrome will start ...
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What does "dirty computer" mean in Slack's About box
I just tried going to "Help | About Slack" and saw this dialog:
As you can see it says (Dirty Computer). What does that mean?
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How to see every Slackbot's recurring reminder?
I want to see every active Slackbot's recurring reminder that has been set up on a channel by any user.
My goal is to actually import those to my calendar so I won't be surprised with a reminder of ...
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Login into slack and list my workspaces
I must be doing something real dumb because this doesn't make sense to me.
I just want to login to slack and get a list of all my workspaces I joined.
But slack only lets you log directly into a ...
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Slack: how to display a intRAnet hyper link as its title?
It seems Slack does not support
<https://site|title>
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[title](https://site)
I know Slack can automatically show the link's title if you just input a link itself:
https://www.google.com
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Is someone who is @mentioned in a direct message conversation they are not in still notified?
My Slack application (version 3.2.0 from the App Store) is running on my MacBook (running High Sierra 10.13.5).
I send direct messages to Persons A and B (I have invited both of them to the same ...
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How to disable the Slack minipanel?
I am using the Slack app on my ArchLinux laptop running KDE Plasma 5.12.4.
Whenever I'm in a call and switch application, desktop or activity the Slack minipanel appears.
Since it appears as a new ...
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Ubuntu install both 'feh' and 'slack' ( libcurl3/4)
OS is Ubuntu 18.04.
I've installed slack via the .deb download.
I also want to install feh, the image viewer
$ sudo apt install feh
Results in:
The following additional packages will be installed:...
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Mac's Slack window is on every space on High Sierra
I am using Slack on a Macbook Pro with an external monitor. For some reason, the slack window is on every space on a certain screen. i.e. if I have a slack window open in the center of the screen, ...
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How much data a 20 minutes Slack audio call may need?
I have internet connection issues from time to time and was unable to join the previous 2 conference calls with the dev team. So, I was thinking to buy some data as backup plan monthly basis. Anyone ...
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Virtualbox Host-only Adapter blocks Chrome's and Slack's internet access
I have Google Chrome version 64 (most current at the time of this writing) running on win 10 with all updates. I also have VirtualBox 5.2.6 r120293 (most current at the time of this writing), with a ...
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Slack Dark Theme
Is there a way to use a dark theme in the Slack Desktop app? Specifically where the background is dark (black, dark grey) and the text is light. There are some built-in themes in Slack, but they are ...
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How to make Slack remember its position on screen?
When I start the Windows Slack app, I position it in the left half of the monitor. As long as I switch between apps, minimize Slack, bring it up front again, it remembers its position.
But when I ...