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Comments and files ​

Comment on a card ​

  1. Open a card.

  2. Click Write a comment… on the right.

    The box to write a comment in, at the bottom of a card's comments

  3. Type, then press ⌘Enter (Ctrl+Enter) or click the Comment button, which shows under the box once you have clicked in it.

Comments read like a conversation: oldest at the top, the box to write in always at the bottom. On a wide screen they sit in their own column beside the card; on a narrow one, the Comment button at the top of the card jumps to them.

Comments can be formatted the same way as descriptions: bold, lists, checklists, links and code.

Mention someone ​

Type @ and the first letters of a name, then pick the person.

Typing @ in a comment, with people to pick from

They are told:

  • under their bell,
  • in their morning summary email, and
  • as a notification on their computer, if they have turned that on.

Only people on the board can be mentioned: everyone it is shared with, which on a workspace board includes the workspace's members.

Change or remove a comment ​

You can Edit your own comments; an edited one says "(edited)". You can delete your own, and a board's owner can delete anyone's.

Who can comment ​

Everyone on the board, including people who can only view it. If a board has been opened to "anyone with the link" (see share a board), those visitors can read comments but not write them.

Files ​

Attach a file ​

  • Click Attach in the card's Files section, or drop files onto the area under it.

    The Files section, with Attach ringed

  • Or drop or paste a file straight into a description or a comment. A screenshot copied to your clipboard can be pasted in the same way.

A card with two files attached

Click a file to open it. Point at a file and two buttons appear: one to download it and, if you can edit the board, one to remove it.

Point to a file in your writing ​

Type # in a description or comment and pick a file. It appears as a small tag with the file's name that opens the file when clicked. This is how you say "see the brief" and mean one exact file.

Files in comments ​

A file attached to a comment stays with that comment, listed under it.

Good to know ​

  • A card on the board shows how many comments and files it has.
  • Pictures open in the browser; other files download.
  • Moving a card to another board takes its comments and files along.
  • Where files are kept, and how much room there is, is decided by whoever runs your Kanbanto site.

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