This lightweight extension prevents Slack from sending a typing status to channels and private messages.
Slack Hide Typing Extension
Slack Hide Typing prevents the Slack website from sending typing indications to other users. You will be able to still see when other people are typing, unless they're also using this extension.
The source is available at: https://github.com/andrewconner/slack-hide-typing
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The source is available at: https://github.com/andrewconner/slack-hide-typing
Source Manifest.json
{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "name": "Slack Hide Typing", "version": "2.1.0", "manifest_version": 2, "description": "This lightweight extension prevents Slack from sending a typing status to channels and private messages.", "homepage_url": "http://www.andrewconner.org/slack-hide-typing", "icons": { "16": "icons/icon16.png", "48": "icons/icon48.png", "128": "icons/icon128.png", "512": "icons/icon512.png" }, "permissions": [ "https://*.slack.com/*" ], "content_scripts": [ { "matches": [ "https://*.slack.com/*" ], "js": [ "src/inject/inject.js" ] } ]}
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