Highlights
- Send messages - Communicate with your team by sending a message.
- Send emojis - Send emojis to express your feelings.
- Send gifs - Send gifs to have some fun!
- Send files - Send files to your team.
- Send code snippets - Send code snippets to your team.
- Send links - Send links to your team.
Send messages
Keyboard shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts
-
Use the
Enter
to send a message. -
Shift + Enter
to create a new line without sending the message.
Enter
key.
This will send the message to all the users in the channel and will attempt to notify them of the message (depending on their notification settings).
For multi-line messages, you can use the Shift + Enter
key combination to create a new line without sending the message.
Reply to messages
Keyboard shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts
Hover over or select a message and hit the
R
key to reply to the message.Edit messages
Keyboard shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts
Hover over or select a message and hit the
E
key to edit the message.Delete messages
Keyboard shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts
Hover over or select a message and hit the
D
key to delete the message.Mention users
Keyboard shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts
Type the
@
symbol followed by the name of the user you want to mention.@
symbol followed by the name of the user you want to mention.
This will notify the user of the message and will attempt to notify them of the message (depending on their notification settings).
Send emojis
Keyboard shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts
Type the
:
symbol followed by the name of the emoji you want to send.:
symbol followed by the name of the emoji you want to send.
This will send the emoji in the message. You can also use the emoji picker to send emojis.
Send gifs
Keyboard shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts
Type the
/giphy
command followed by the name of the gif you want to send./giphy
command followed by the name of the gif you want to send. This will send the gif in the message.
You can also use the GIF picker to send gifs.
Send files
You can send files to your team by dragging and dropping a file into the message input field. This will upload the file to the channel. You can also use the+
icon to upload a file to the channel.
Send code snippets
Inline Code
Keyboard shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts
Type the
`
symbol followed by the code you want to send.`
symbol followed by the code you want to send. Close the inline code by typing the `
symbol again.
Code Blocks
Keyboard shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts
Type the
```
symbol followed by the code you want to send.```
symbol followed by the code you want to send. Close the code block by typing the ```
symbol again.
After typing the ```
symbol, you can also specify the language of the code block - note that Dimension will attempt to automatically detect the language of the code block if not explicitly specified.
You can specify the language for the a code block like so: ```js
- this will highlight the code block with the JavaScript language.