Disable Slack Desktop App's WYSIWYG editor

#slack #javascript

Run the following command in Terminal.

$ SLACK_DEVELOPER_MENU=true open -a /Applications/Slack.app

Then, Open the DevTools (cmd + opt + I), Run the following script in console.

(() => {
  slackDebug.clientStore.workspaces
    .getAllWorkspaces()
    .forEach((teamId) => {
      const { redux } = slackDebug[teamId];

      const {
        wysiwyg_composer,
        wysiwyg_composer_ios,
        wysiwyg_composer_webapp,
        ...payload
      } = redux.getState().experiments;

      redux.dispatch({
        type: "[19] Bulk add experiment assignments to redux",
        payload
      });
    });
})();

Top comments (8)

Daniel Vivar • Nov 26 '19 • Edited

One liner to remove it from desktop app:

git clone https://github.com/kfahy/slack-disable-wysiwyg-bookmarklet && ./slack-disable-wysiwyg-bookmarklet/bin/patch-desktop-app && rm -rf slack-disable-wysiwyg-bookmarklet

It downloads with git, executes the patch, then removes whatever you downloaded with git. Clean and fast, takes about 10 seconds to patch.