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Jin Chen's avatar
Jin Chen
Iron Contributor
Nov 02, 2020

Comment in Microsoft List

Hello MSFT

Today, I found that I am now able add comment in Microsoft list for one of my list. However, I am finding some issues:

1. After a comment is added, I dont see any icon on the quick view for the list item with comments. This is different from MSFT demo, there is no way for us to know which item has comment until we open one by one. 

2. the comment is not viewable in Microsoft list in Teams.

 

Pls help

 

Thanks

Ryan

  • Jin Chen's avatar
    Jin Chen
    Iron Contributor

    Hello MSFT

     

    I have tried many method for the issue I describe above, I now realized that I cannot apply any column formatting to the title column in order to see the comment icon. After I remove the formatting, the comment icon is shown. Can anyone please help about how I can apply formatting and still got the comment icon, even just bold the text.

     

    Also, it seems the comment is not available in the list in Teams

     

    Thanks

    Ryan

    • Dustin Sever's avatar
      Dustin Sever
      Copper Contributor

      You could create a separate "Comment Count" column and use this JSON formatting to show if their are comments or not. That would allow to still apply your other formatting to the Title column. Not a perfect solution but may help.

    • Jin Chen 

       

      Try using below JSON code. It will bold the title text and show comments icon if there are any comments added.

       

       

      {
        "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/column-formatting.schema.json",
        "elmType": "div",
        "attributes": {
          "class": "ms-fontColor-themePrimary ms-fontSize-m"
        },
        "children": [
          {
            "elmType": "span",
            "txtContent": "@currentField",
      	  "style": {
              "font-weight": "bold"
            }
          },
      	{
            "elmType": "span",
            "style": {
      		"font-size": "16px",
              "margin-left": "10px",
      		"display": "=if([$_CommentCount] == '0' , 'none' , 'block')"
            },
            "attributes": {
              "iconName": "Comment"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
       

       

       

       

      Microsoft documentationUse column formatting to customize SharePoint 

      Additional References:

      1. SharePoint Online: All you need to know about Commenting in Lists 
      2. How to Enable/Disable the commenting in SharePoint Online/Microsoft Lists 

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      • aykutkaraca's avatar
        aykutkaraca
        Copper Contributor

        I am having exactly the same problem. Teams doesnt show the old comments entered using Microsoft Planner/Lists. And now I connected Microsoft Planner/Lists, and my comments from yesterday arent visible either.

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