web-slack-launcher

A script to launch Slack web application in a new single-tab window of Firefox.

The feature of the script, comparing to having a regular browser bookmark, is to open Slack in a one-tab popup window that imitates an experience of having a stand-alone application. So, for example, clicking a link on a Slack web application page results a new tab opened in another window having Slack window untouched.

The Slack window icon is replaced with its logo.

Requirements

• wmctrl
• xseticon

xseticon must be available under the PATH.
Tested mostly on Xubuntu 20.04 LTS with Firefox 90.

Installation

• Install wmctrl: sudo apt-get install wmctrl
• Follow the build and installation procedure for xseticon. Ensure xseticon available to run by this command.

Usage

• Run launch_slack.sh
• Allow Slack web application window popup

Known limitations

It is impossible to open Slack window without having an intermediate window asking user to allow a popup due to absence of method to set a new window parameter to Firefox in CLI. More details are in the documentation to the launch_ff function.

Upstream

https://github.com/qusielle/web-slack-launcher

License

The source code is licensed under the MIT license, which you can find in the LICENSE file.