It's sunny where I live ☀️ A perfect day for a rollup of Slack pro-tips. I've worked on @SlackHQ since the first prototypes, and always forget that most people don't know about all the "secret menu" items
These are randomly organized based on the order in which I remembered them
Type a comma in the quickswitcher to see all your most common/recent Group DMs
Open the quickswitcher to the "mode" you want:
• cmd+f for find in current channel
• cmd+g for archive search
• cmd+k for conversation switching ("Jump to")
Add a reaction to the last message with this syntax:
+:emoji_name:
And of course you can remove your reaction with:
-:emoji_name:
cmd+click on a channel or page to open it in "split view" and keep it handy:
Even better, cmd+click the Compose button to open a new draft in split view:
cmd+shift+d to show/hide the sidebar:
Make Slack pretty with your fave theme (Preferences > Themes). My go-to is Ultraviolet by @cbujnowicz
Set your Sidebar to only show unread conversations (Preferences > Sidebar > Show...) and hide all the noise (then use the quickswitcher to get around!)
Set your emoji skintone (Preferences > Messages & Media) or in the Emoji Picker
Keep your sidebar organized with Sections. Right-click a channel to get started (under Move channel)
Type /shrug to send this little friend:
Set a custom notification sound for fun (Preferences > Notifications > Sound & appearance)
Press the up arrow to edit your last message. Also handy for quick deletion: up – cmd+a – delete – enter
Click the date pill in a channel to jump to a different date:
Underused way to link to messages: right-click on any timestamp to copy the link, then paste it somewhere and it will "unfurl" without having to use the Share flow. You can also do this from the message menu:
Press opt+up or opt+down to traverse the channels in the order they're presented in your sidebar
Resize the sidebar and right column by clicking + dragging on the dividers. Double-click on a divider to reset it.
Hold shift while selecting emoji to keep the emoji picker open:
There are many more but that's all I've got for today. Also haven't even touched mobile! Another time.
What did I miss?
Just realized I forgot the best one!
shift+esc to mark everything read
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