When emojis or words aren’t enough to do justice to a reaction to a post, GIFs often come to the rescue. Sending a GIF on Slack has been a tricky process for years. It requires you to either visit a third-party website and copy and paste the GIF, or use the “/giphy” extension and struggle to find the right GIF. Until now.
On Monday, Slack added a new GIF switcher that lets you choose between different GIF options without leaving the app. This feature is powered by Tenor, the Google-owned GIF search engine that offers millions of GIFs.
Accessing Tenor is now as easy as selecting an emoji. Simply click on the emoji icon and select the new GIF tab, as shown in the video below. You can also click the (+) icon to open the new GIF picker.
Looking for the perfect GIF? We’ll help you find it in the blink of an eye.
Starting today, you can select GIFs directly in the message composer! You will find this new option in the “Attach” menu (the one with the + icon). pic.twitter.com/M8ZQZLpGpf
How to use a GIF with Slack?
From there, tap to search for the GIF you’re looking for and you’ll get a grid of Tenor search results. Once you’ve found the perfect GIF, simply select it and hit Send.
If you’ve tried using this new GIF picker and, like me, couldn’t find it, don’t worry.
Slack promises that all users will have access to this feature by the end of the month. For now, you can still send GIFs in Slack messages using the copy-and-paste method from sites like Tenor or by typing “/giphy” into the message field followed by a description of the GIF you want.
Source: “ZDNet.com”