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STRML/overrideSlack.lua

Created July 10, 2015 14:14
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  1. STRML created this gist Jul 10, 2015.
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    --
    -- Fix Slack's channel switching.
    -- This rebinds ctrl-tab and ctrl-shift-tab back to switching channels,
    -- which is what they did before the Teams update.
    --
    -- Slack only provides alt+up/down for switching channels, (and the cmd-t switcher,
    -- which is buggy) and have 3 (!) shortcuts for switching teams, most of which are
    -- the usual tab switching shortcuts in every other app.
    --
    local ctrlTab = hotkey.new({"ctrl"}, "tab", function()
    hs.eventtap.keyStroke({"alt"}, "Down")
    end)
    local ctrlShiftTab = hotkey.new({"ctrl", "shift"}, "tab", function()
    hs.eventtap.keyStroke({"alt"}, "Up")
    end)
    slackWatcher = hs.application.watcher.new(function(name, eventType, app)
    if eventType ~= hs.application.watcher.activated then return end
    if name == "Slack" then
    ctrlTab:enable()
    ctrlShiftTab:enable()
    else
    ctrlTab:disable()
    ctrlShiftTab:disable()
    end
    end)

    -- If you re-init config often, be sure to stop() this before starting or you will
    -- have multiple application watchers running at once.
    slackWatcher.start()