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I have a text substitution setup within the System Preferences. This works most places within OS X as far as I can tell, but it does not work in Slack. (Their native app for OS X version 1.1.4 - 2814)

Does anyone know why?

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UPDATE
It looks like this is not specific to Slack at all

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  • Are you using a slack application (if so what version and name) or a browser (if so what version and name)?
    – bmike ♦
    Commented Oct 8, 2015 at 23:29
  • Sorry, I should have mentioned that. I'm using the official Slack client for Mac OS X, version 1.1.4 (2814).
    – jordelver
    Commented Oct 8, 2015 at 23:36
  • If you have Chrome, does it work there? Slack uses the same engine.
    – 0942v8653
    Commented Oct 9, 2015 at 0:09
  • No, it doesn't work in Chrome either, so it looks like it's more likely to be a Chrome issue?
    – jordelver
    Commented Oct 9, 2015 at 8:42
  • Wow, man. I came here because my substitution of shrugs not working in Slack. :) The only difference is that my shortcut is '\/' (two slashes)
    – okutane
    Commented May 16, 2017 at 16:12

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Activate the "Text Replacement" option in the edit menu.

option to activate text replacement

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  • Don't have such menu items for Slack "2.6.1 Direct Download" and macOS Sierra 10.12.4 (16E195) :(
    – okutane
    Commented May 16, 2017 at 16:17
  • not present in 3.0.5 direct download either. using @tbizzle's answer and restarting client worked.
    – pennstatephil
    Commented Feb 20, 2018 at 17:20
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Even after following the instructions in the accepted answer, this still did not work for me until I followed these instructions. Basically, run the following in a terminal:

defaults write -g WebAutomaticTextReplacementEnabled -bool true

or to only change Slack's behavior (and not pollute your global domain):

defaults write com.tinyspeck.slackmacgap WebAutomaticTextReplacementEnabled -bool true

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    don't forget to restart the client after doing this- then it appears to work fine!
    – pennstatephil
    Commented Feb 20, 2018 at 17:21
  • This seems to be the correct answer as of September 2022.
    – tomshafer
    Commented Sep 1, 2022 at 10:55
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    This isn't working for me. Just me?
    – Oliver Joseph Ash
    Commented Nov 24, 2022 at 12:18
  • This doesn't for me either on Monterey 12.6.1 and Slack 4.29.149
    – frederix
    Commented Dec 2, 2022 at 17:02
  • This worked for me on Ventura 13.3.1 - didn't even have to restart the client.
    – Lyndsy Simon
    Commented Apr 21, 2023 at 20:11
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So, it seems that Text Substitutions have not been implemented in Chrome so I assume that is the underlying problem I'm having with Slack.

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  • @carrieje's answer is correct. You don't have to wait for Chrome to implement anything!
    – JakeRobb
    Commented Apr 28, 2016 at 14:27

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