Hell Yes, Slack Just Dropped a Dark Mode for Desktop

After rolling out dark mode on Mobile River earlier this yr , workplace chat app Slack is lastly bring its dark melodic theme to desktop as well .

The company announced in ablog poston Thursday that blue modality on desktop was right away available across its apps on Mac , Windows , and Linux . To access it , unfold Slack and sail to Preferences from your exploiter drib - down bill of fare in the upper lefthand corner of the app . From there , you ’ll see a standalone Themes card . Head there , and you should see a prominently expose option to trade from Light to Dark . ( It should appear before other sidebar themes . )

If you do n’t immediately see it in the Preferences menu , Slack suggest refreshing the app . ( Making sure you ’re running an up - to - date adaptation may facilitate as well . )

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Slack notes that its morose mode setting applies only to the gimmick on which it ’s been enabled . In other words , if you have glowering modality enabled on your phone but do n’t require it enabled on your background , you ’re in good shape . But , the company did note that a next setting will earmark user to synchronise their penchant to whatever is enabled on their desktop .

Like in Slack ’s mobile app , dark modality for desktop is a inscrutable nuance of oxford gray rather than an all - out black . Gizmodo staffers agreed the idea is welcome , though the baptismal font does n’t have the same clarity as it does on , say , Discord and could in all probability be a bit bolder ( though font can be enlarged in the Accessibility configurations for good profile ) . Slack dark mode will also still permit users to choose more customise root like Aubergine or Nocturne , they ’ll just adjust to fit the dark overall options .

slackness introduceddark fashion to mobileback in March , and many of us have been itch for a desktop version for months now . But permit me tell ya , folk music , it was unquestionably worth the time lag .

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