Discussion panel
Key point: A single discussion from a group.

Discussions are comprised of one or multiple comments. The discussion panel can be viewed on the right, and it is available from multiple locations.

In most locations, you can perform the following actions on individual comments in a discussion:

In most locations, you can click the Reply... button to post a new comment in the discussion thread.

View a discussion thread

The comments in a discussion thread appear in chronological order. The subject of the discussion is shown in the Title in the blue header at the top of the panel and again following the header.

  • If discussion is on a document – icon shows to right of title.
  • If discussion is on a fragment – icon shows to the right of title.

For each comment in the discussion thread, the following is shown:

  • Account avatar – the creator’s avatar, first name and surname
  • icon – click the icon, opens the edit comment dialog.
  • icon – click the icon, opens the move comment dialog.
  • content – the content of the comment.
  • label – any labels.
  • attachment – if any attachment:
    • If an image – a thumbnail, click to expand, or click the xref following the thumbnail to open the image location.
    • If a file – an xref to the file, click to open the file location.

Click the Reply button at the bottom of the discussion thread to open the reply dialog. Click the icon to reply using email.

When replying to a discussion in the discussion panel, if a task is created, that task is now viewable in the task panel, rather than in this discussion panel.

If you have opened the discussion panel by clicking a title in the Document discussions panel, clicking the Return to list button located at the bottom of your discussion panel returns you to that panel.

How to find this page

The Discussion panel can be viewed in the following locations:

  • When viewing a document, click the icon in the right sidebar, then click a discussion title in the list of all discussions on that document.

For the following options, clicking the icon opens the panel where you can view the discussion thread that contains your selected comment:

  • Navigation menu > PROJECT > Project home – in the main section, individual comments (and tasks) are preceded by the author profile picture. Click the icon.
  • Navigation menu > ACCOUNT > My drafts – click the icon. You can click the edit button to edit the draft comment or click archive.
  • Search bar – click in the search bar, press enter, then click the icon beside a comment. To narrow the search to comments only, select scope Comment.

For this option, clicking the xref opens the panel:

  • Navigation menu > GROUP > Document activity – in the Activity field select comment. Click the icon on the left of a title, then click the xref.

and also other locations where you see a link to a comment.