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Comments

Comments in cards can help you to collaborate with other KanBo users. It is a perfect tool for short conversations related to card content. Use them to inform your colleagues about the news or ask for details.

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Comments written by you are marked with light green color.

Try mentioning to let your colleagues know that the message is meant for them.

To filter out comments from other card messages and activities, set the detail level of the card’s activity stream to comments.

Write a comment

Any space member can write comments on cards. Comments are card actions, that are part of the card activity stream.

  1. Open the space.
  2. Enter the desired card.
  3. Click on the white rectangular field at the top of the card activity stream.
  1. Write a message and click Send.

Note that you can use Rich Text here.

If you want to stop writing a comment, click the Cancel button.

There is an additional option to send a comment in the form of an email. Read more about this in our instructions.

Typing indicator

It’s easy to see whether your colleagues are typing their comments or answering your message in KanBo. Thanks to the Typing Indicator, you will see whether someone starts typing in the message box in real time.

Edit a comment

You can only edit your comment five minutes after it was posted.

You will only be able to edit your comment for five minutes after you post it. Otherwise, the impact on the organization could be too dangerous. In KanBo, we believe that you shouldn’t change the past, but rather correct it by writing another message.

  1. Hover over your comment.
  2. Click on the three-dot menu button.
  3. Select Edit.
  1. Edit your message and click Save.

Delete a comment

You can only delete your comment five minutes after it was posted.

You will only be able to delete your comment five minutes after you have posted it. Otherwise, the impact on the organization could be too dangerous. In KanBo, we believe that you shouldn’t change the past, but rather correct it by writing another message.

  1. Hover over a message.
  2. Click on the three-dot menu button.
  3. Select Remove.

Information about the deletion of the message will be visible to all users.

FAQ

Comments are located in the card activity stream. Only users who follow the card will be notified of new comments. Chat is more like a public place, but again, only space users who follow the space will be notified of new messages. You can give likes to chat messages.

You can edit or delete your comment only for 5 minutes after sending it.

If you are on the card where someone is typing a comment, you will see the typing indicator with the user’s avatar.

Use @mentions to tag the user in a comment.

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