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Commenting on diagrams

Commenting on diagrams

Slickplan makes it easy to add floating comments directly to your diagram canvas, ensuring feedback and change requests are positioned above the relevant areas. This approach simplifies collaboration with your team, making comments clear and easy to follow.

How to add a comment:

  1. Click the Comments icon on the toolbar.

    Diagram toolbar zoomed in with the comment icon being pointed on

  2. Your cursor will change to a comment icon, letting you place comments on the diagram.

    A mouse cusror comment-bubble-shaped on the diagram canvas

  3. Click on the diagram to add your comment.

    a floating comment wysiwyg field highlighted on a dimmed diagram canvas

  4. Type your comment, and feel free to tag a user or add emojis for engagement.

    A comment typed into wysiwyg field on diagram canvas ready to be posted

  5. Click the Send button to finish.

    Cursor hovered over the send button on the floating comment field.

How to reply to a comment:

  1. Click on a user’s avatar bubble to see comments.

    two comment avatars visible on diagram canvas

  2. To reply, type your message and press Enter (or Return on Mac), or click the thumbs-up icon to agree with a comment.

    a coment modal opened with a reply typed in ready to be sent

Managing Comments

Deleting Comments:

  • To delete a comment thread, click the trashcan icon in the top right corner of the pop-up.

    A delete icon highlighted on a diagram comment modal

  • To delete a specific comment, hover over the dotted icon next to the text and click the trashcan icon.

    Deleting a single comment in a thread in a modal window

Editing Comments:

  1. To edit a comment, hover over the dotted icon next to the text and click the pencil icon.

    Editing a comment button selected in diagram's comment modal window

  2. Make your changes and click the Update button.

    Update button hovered on in the diagram comment modal window

Resolving Comments:

Select Marked as resolved in the top left corner of the pop-up.

Caption arrow pointing on the resolve checkbox on diagram comment modal

Note: To find resolved comments, change the Show filter to Resolved in the comments panel.

a comment filter dropdown open on a diagram comment panel.

Comments Panel

The comments panel is located on the right side of the diagram canvas in comment mode. Here, you can see all the messages from your team.

  • Use the Search option to find comments by keyword or phrase.

    A keyword comment filter highlighted on a diagram comment panel

  • Use the Show filter to toggle between active and resolved comments.

    a comment filter dropdown open on a diagram comment panel.

  • Use the Sort by filter to arrange comments by Latest, Oldest, or User.

    A sort by filter highlighted on a diagram comment panel