signal-desktop-gif 0.1.0

Paste GIFs into Signal Desktop with a single global keyboard shortcut.

Signal Desktop GIF

Paste GIFs into Signal Desktop with a single global keyboard shortcut.

Tested on Windows and MacOS. Needs testing on Linux.

Usage

1. Copy a GIF url to your clipboard.
2. (Only on Windows and Linux) Have your Signal Desktop conversation open and focused.
3. Press Ctrl + g to paste the GIF into Signal Desktop.

Installation

1. Install rye
2. Clone this repo and run rye sync in its root.
3. rye run signal-desktop-gif

Configuration

TODO. For now, you have to change the various GLOBAL_CONFIG_VARIABLES (including shortcuts) in the script.

Known Issues

• Quitting on Windows is buggy, you can use Ctrl + Shift + e to exit the script if Ctrl + c doesn't work.

Links

• https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/issues/4841
• Thanks to this Reddit post for pointing out that HTTP URLs can be pasted directly into Signal Desktop (well, at least on Windows and Linux, MacOS doesn't support this).