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Re: Disable new Slack WYSIWYG editor with this bookmarklet

#21

Post by huffmsa »

heharkon wrote: post #8
gknoy wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fenced blocks and `monospaced` stuff still behave frustratingly whether I have the "Aa" button toggled or not. I hate it -- wish they'd just add support for plain markdown as an option :(

Ah, true. I rarely use any markdown so I didn't notice any difference :)

And that's the heart of the issue. This is a "convenience" introduced to make markdown easier for people who didn't really use markdown, at the cost of adding a pain point for people who are heavy users of the markdown features.

Re: Disable new Slack WYSIWYG editor with this bookmarklet

#22

Post by faceplanted »

benbristow wrote: post #9

I personally don't mind the new WYSIWYG. Doesn't get in the way much at all really. The only thing it's weird with I find is the code blocks, (previously 3 backticks, linebreak, code, linebreak, 3 backticks). Not a massive fan of how after 3 backticks it now puts an inline code format 'block', seems a bit weird.

The three backticks is what got me, I tend to paste blocks in and then put backticks around them, which is just broken now as it just inlines the first line and does nothing to the last line, I'll just disable it for now and set a reminder for sometime soon to see if they've fixed it

Re: Disable new Slack WYSIWYG editor with this bookmarklet

#24

Post by underwater »

d4rky wrote: post #20

You can do it in the desktop app as well. If you run it with SLACK_DEVELOPER_MENU=true in env vars, it'll enable you to right click to Inspect Element, open devtools and run this code snippet there

I wonder if the people who complain about Electron apps will refrain from doing this out of principle.

Re: Disable new Slack WYSIWYG editor with this bookmarklet

#25

Post by sodosopa »

huffmsa wrote: post #21
heharkon wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ah, true. I rarely use any markdown so I didn't notice any difference :)

And that's the heart of the issue. This is a "convenience" introduced to make markdown easier for people who didn't really use markdown, at the cost of adding a pain point for people who are heavy users of the markdown features.

Does html work? Why not use it instead?

Re: Disable new Slack WYSIWYG editor with this bookmarklet

#26

Post by d4rky »

underwater wrote: post #24
d4rky wrote: post #20

You can do it in the desktop app as well. If you run it with SLACK_DEVELOPER_MENU=true in env vars, it'll enable you to right click to Inspect Element, open devtools and run this code snippet there

I wonder if the people who complain about Electron apps will refrain from doing this out of principle.

well, they can use the browser version and have this snippet working without any extra steps

Re: Disable new Slack WYSIWYG editor with this bookmarklet

#27

Post by notkaiho »

sodosopa wrote: post #25
huffmsa wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And that's the heart of the issue. This is a "convenience" introduced to make markdown easier for people who didn't really use markdown, at the cost of adding a pain point for people who are heavy users of the markdown features.

Does html work? Why not use it instead?

No, HTML is not part of how you can format text in Slack.

Re: Disable new Slack WYSIWYG editor with this bookmarklet

#28

Post by holstvoogd »

faceplanted wrote: post #22
benbristow wrote: post #9

I personally don't mind the new WYSIWYG. Doesn't get in the way much at all really. The only thing it's weird with I find is the code blocks, (previously 3 backticks, linebreak, code, linebreak, 3 backticks). Not a massive fan of how after 3 backticks it now puts an inline code format 'block', seems a bit weird.

The three backticks is what got me, I tend to paste blocks in and then put backticks around them, which is just broken now as it just inlines the first line and does nothing to the last line, I'll just disable it for now and set a reminder for sometime soon to see if they've fixed it

oooh so that's it! I could figure out the issue everyone was having with this.
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