Slack fails to open links in Ubuntu 14.04

Question

Any time I try to open a link from Slack, all I get is a blank new window opening in Chrome. Worth reinstalling, or do others have this problem?

Answer 1

I'm on fresh Ubuntu/Chrome/Slack and links were opening blank tabs in Chrome. This AskUbuntu answer worked for me:

Open file: $HOME/.local/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop

Find the line:

Exec=/opt/google/chrome/chrome

Add a space and %U:

Exec=/opt/google/chrome/chrome %U

Then save the file.

Answer 2

This was actually a problem with Google Chrome itself. Updated version fixed it.

Answer 3

To get into the slack I just run slack command in commandline with the magic link as argument.

slack slack://ABCDSF4MR/magic-login/892109304726-LONG_SECRETKEY