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title: "Comments on records"
canonical: https://syncek.com/docs/core-concepts/comments
locale: en
author: "Syncek"
---

# Comments on records

Everyone in a Syncek workspace except a Guest can comment on a record. Comments
sit on the **Comments** tab of the record page, and from a table you can open
one record's comments, or every comment on that object, in a panel beside the
table. A comment can be answered, reacted to with an emoji, and resolved once the
question is settled. Only its author can edit or delete it.

## Writing a comment

On the [record page](https://syncek.com/docs/core-concepts/record-page), open **Comments**, write in
the box at the bottom and click **Comment**. Type @ and a name to mention a
teammate. A mention names them in the text, and Syncek sends them no
notification.

A comment on the record is not the same as a comment on one of its notes. Those
stay with the note, see [Notes](https://syncek.com/docs/core-concepts/notes).

## Replies, reactions and resolving

Hover a comment to see its buttons. A reply has only the menu.

- **Reply** answers the comment underneath it. Replies go one level deep, so a
  reply cannot be answered in turn.
- The emoji button adds a reaction. Click a reaction under a comment to add or
  remove your own.
- **Resolve** marks the thread as settled and **Unresolve** reopens it. Anyone
  who can comment can do both, not only the author.
- The menu at the end of a comment holds **Copy link**, and on your own comments
  **Edit** and **Delete**. Deleting asks first and cannot be undone, and an
  edited comment says so.

On the record page, **Copy link** gives a link that opens the record with that
comment highlighted.

## Open and resolved

A list of comments starts on **Open**, which leaves resolved threads out.
Choose **Resolved** or **All** to see them.

## From a table

In a table, the number next to a record's name counts its open threads. Click
it to open that record's comments in a panel beside the table, or hover a
record with none to start the first.

**View comments**, at the top of the page, opens every comment thread on the
object, newest first, each under the name of its record. Click the name to open the
record page at that comment. The panel adds **Mine**, which keeps only the
comments you wrote. From one record's comments, **All comments** goes back to
the whole object.

An Admin or the Owner can hide the numbers and the button for an object: in
**Settings, then Data, then Objects**, pick the object, open **Appearance** and
turn off **Show comment count**.

## What a Guest can do

A Guest can read every comment but cannot write, reply, react or resolve. See
[Roles and permissions](https://syncek.com/docs/get-started/roles-and-permissions).