{"id":1214479,"date":"2022-10-01T11:53:36","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T11:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/01\/how-to-make-discord-look-and-feel-like-slack\/"},"modified":"2022-10-01T11:53:36","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T11:53:36","slug":"how-to-make-discord-look-and-feel-like-slack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/01\/how-to-make-discord-look-and-feel-like-slack\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Discord Look and Feel Like Slack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"lead-in-text-callout\">Slack recently made<\/span> a few changes to its free plan, limiting message archives to the past 90 days instead of the previous limit of 10,000 messages. There are ways to work around this limitation, but I suspect more than a few communities will find themselves moving to Discord instead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">If you\u2019re part of that migration, you might find that Discord looks and feels a little \u2026 weird compared to what you\u2019re used to. Here\u2019s how to make it a little bit more comfortable.<\/p>\n<p>Switch to Light Mode<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Let\u2019s start with the most obvious difference: Discord is dark by default, even if your computer or phone isn\u2019t set to dark mode.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">That might look familiar if you used Slack in dark mode, granted, but for light-mode people this looks alien. You can change Discord to work in light mode by clicking the gear next to your name in the bottom left corner, which opens <strong>User Settings<\/strong>. Head to <strong>Appearance<\/strong> and you\u2019ll find the option to enable the <strong>Light<\/strong> theme. Alternatively, if you\u2019re the kind of person who switches between dark and light mode regularly, you can use the <strong>Sync With Computer<\/strong> option to keep Discord lined up with everything else.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-iKAnWF bhyIoG asset-embed\">\n<p><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-UABmB BaseText-fETRLB CaptionCredit-cSxGsC hkSZSE bmsBkF iOEyAO caption__credit\">Discord via Justin Pot<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Add a Little Contrast<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Discord\u2019s light mode turns everything light, including the left-hand sidebar. This, for Slack users, makes it easy to get lost\u2014there\u2019s no differentiation between the channel list and the rest of the user interface. That\u2019s why I also recommend checking <strong>Dark Sidebar<\/strong>. Enable this and the left panel will stay dark in light mode, which means it stands out visually. This goes a long way.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-iKAnWF bhyIoG asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-foMCXx bomDaa asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-kHmjLe gbVKFf responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-eWcsO lgxMZN asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-jJpQhK jEPxaV AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-eWcsO lgxMZN asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Screenshot of the chat window in the Discord app\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-dmuwLx fydubv responsive-image__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Make-Discord-Look-Like-Slack-Change-Colors-Gear.jpg\"\/><\/noscript><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-UABmB BaseText-fETRLB CaptionCredit-cSxGsC hkSZSE bmsBkF iOEyAO caption__credit\">Discord via Justin Pot<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Change the Fonts and Colors (A Little)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">A little below the Theme options is Font Scaling. The closest you can get the fonts to Slack\u2019s default is to change the <strong>Chat Font Scaling<\/strong> level to <strong>16px<\/strong> and the <strong>Space Between Messages Groups<\/strong> to <strong>4px<\/strong>, or just tweak things until they look right to you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Finally, if you\u2019re not a fan of how some people\u2019s usernames are different colors, head to the <strong>Accessibility<\/strong> section. Usernames in Discord servers are colored according to their roles (usually granted by admins to organize people into groups based on their interests, moderator or admin roles, or other special status) in the server. If you\u2019d rather every username look the same, check <strong>Don\u2019t show role colors<\/strong>\u2014now everyone will be the same color, just like in Slack. (Alternatively, if you don\u2019t want to lose this context, you can select <strong>Show role colors next to names<\/strong> and a colored circle will show up next to their names.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Finally, you can turn down the colors in general by adjusting the <strong>Saturation<\/strong>. This will mute the various blues in the user interface, as well as the role colors.<\/p>\n<p>Add the Custom Emoji You Loved So Much in Slack<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Every Slack ends up picking up a seemingly infinite number of custom emoji, so if you recently migrated to Discord you probably miss them. The good news is you can take some of them with you; the bad news is, not all of them. Every server can offer up to 50 emojis. Every server can also offer up to 50 animated emojis, though only paying Discord Nitro customers can use those.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Having said that, let\u2019s find and add your favorite emoji. Odds are they can be found at Slackmojis and its nearly identical sister site Discordmojis, so search there and download the ones you want. Now, in Discord, click the name of the current server in the top left corner and click <strong>Server Settings<\/strong>. Head to <strong>Emoji<\/strong> and you can upload up to 50 custom emoji. If the Emoji option isn\u2019t there, it\u2019s because you don\u2019t have permission to upload emotes to the server, which you can probably ask an admin to give you. Everyone in your server can use the emoji you add.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Discord isn\u2019t identical to Slack, and it never will be. That doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t make it a little more familiar. These tweaks will get you closer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slack recently made a few changes to its free plan, limiting message archives to the past 90 days instead of the previous limit of 10,000 messages. 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