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All you need to know about Commenting in SharePoint / Microsoft Lists
Microsoft introduced a new feature of Commenting in SharePoint Online lists and Microsoft lists. Using this feature users will be able to add and delete comments on list items. Users can view all comments on a list item and filter between views that show comments or activity related to an item in details pane.
Microsoft rolled out this feature to all SharePoint Online tenants in December 2020 release, see Microsoft 365 Roadmap.
Check this articles for more information and step by step tutorials:
- All you need to know about Commenting in Lists
- How to Enable/Disable the commenting in SharePoint Online/Microsoft Lists
- Enable/Disable the comments for individual SharePoint Online/Microsoft List
- Working with SharePoint Online/Microsoft List Comments using JSON Formatting
- GET SharePoint list item comments using REST API
- Add Comments on list item using SharePoint REST API
- Delete Comments from list item using SharePoint REST API
This feature is available for SharePoint lists & Microsoft lists. It should be available in your tenant by default, unless someone from administration team disabled it.
If you want to enable this feature, you can do so using PowerShell. Check below article for more information & complete PowerShell commands:
How to Enable/Disable the commenting in SharePoint Online/Microsoft Lists
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- Why can't we get the same level of feature in a document library. @mentions are not availables for doc libs.
Benoit_Fournier Unfortunately, this feature is specific to SharePoint lists and Microsoft Lists only. This feature is not available for document libraries.
If you want Microsoft to implement this feature for document libraries as well, you can provide your feedback/idea at: SharePoint Feedback Portal
Additional: It is possible to add comments and mention other users inside word documents as well: Insert or delete a comment
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- I did create an entry in the feedback portal but I do not have high expectations on a resolution.
https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/ff3a0d62-5efa-ed11-a81c-000d3a7a48db
Thanks for taking time to confirm this missing feature.
- Is there a way to enable comments on a list created from and Excel Sheet ?
ThxGregoire Bousseau Try using PnP PowerShell or SharePoint REST API or CLI for Microsoft 365 for enabling SharePoint list comments.
You can find complete script/code in articles given here: Enable/Disable the comments for a SharePoint Online/Microsoft List
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ganeshsanap We have created an edit no add permission role and we are running into an issue with users being able to @mention on an item. This role does contain the "edit items" permission, however when a user tries to @mention a coworker they are blocked. It seems I can grant a user the Contribute role, but I don't want items added or deleted from the list which is why I created this editing role. Any thought on why they wouldn't be able to @mention? They can comment, just not @mention.
JulieReutBier Can you share screenshot of your custom permission level to see which permissions are selected and which are removed?
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- Seems to require "Add Items" to be check which doesn't make sense.
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- I didn't know about many things myself. Thanks!
we need a permission option to allow commenting, without it, everyone needs to be a member or receive the at mention email to be able to comment
I have power automate listen for form submissions and then create a list item, the user that completes the form is the creator of the list item, but they can't comment on their own list item because they aren't a member of the group/ms team.
Even if I use the "can edit their own list items" they still can't comment.
CaptainComedy Can you show us how you configured your flow to create list items?
You must have used connections flow owner (maybe service account) to create list items. In that case the "Created By" of list item will be flow owner instead of user who submitted form.
Or did you somehow set the SharePoint default "Created By" column with user who submitted the form?
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- Thanks for sharing! Working on a new List/Board view and this is very helpful.
philborremans You're welcome, glad it helped you.
Adding the link to article about Board view in SharePoint lists in case anyone visits this thread in future: Board view in SharePoint online / Microsoft Lists
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- Hi can site visitors comment on List items?
mdoc7945 No. Visitor users cannot add comments on list items. User need edit permission to add/delete comments.
You can find more about permissions at: SharePoint Online: All you need to know about Commenting in Lists
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ganeshsanap, looks like this has changed...not sure when. Users with read-only permissions are now able to leave comments.
- Hi,
Whenever the comment and Like is added in the same list.
The comment feature is changed to new view. In classic view any how to resolve this issue.
Any one help in this.
Thanks in advanceList comments are supported only in modern experience.
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Enabling/Disabling list comments for individual SharePoint lists is now possible.
Check this article for detailed information: Enable/Disable the comments for a SharePoint Online/Microsoft List
ganeshsanapComments seems to be unrelated to versions of items.
There are also many different behaviours.
On libraries there is no explicit icon. Comments can be found at the info pane inside the activity sections. For files we can add replys to comments which seems not possible for list-items. A DocumentSet inside a library does not have a comment possibility at all.
NikolaiEssel Yes, as comments are stored within the list schema itself & not with each list item, it is not related to versioning of items.
Also, previously it was rolled out only for lists in SharePoint/Microsoft Lists and not for library. So, it is not yet full supported I guess. Even I am not able add comments on all types (extensions) of files.
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- Hi, we're using SharePoint 365 and I don't see this feature available in my library/list. Is there a way to turn this setting on?
This feature is available for SharePoint lists & Microsoft lists. It should be available in your tenant by default, unless someone from administration team disabled it.
If you want to enable this feature, you can do so using PowerShell. Check below article for more information & complete PowerShell commands:
How to Enable/Disable the commenting in SharePoint Online/Microsoft Lists
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- Be aware, that you'll not get those comments when exporting the list to Excel.
