Comment on a task list
Every task list has its own comments, where the people on it ask questions, share photos of the work and link what they need. Comments look and work like messages, each coloured by its author’s trade.
Write a comment
Section titled “Write a comment”- Open the task list. Its comments are under the tasks, under COMMENTS.
- Tap WRITE COMMENT. The comments open full size, with the keyboard up.
- Type your comment. To mention someone, type @ and pick them from the list.
- To attach something, tap the paper clip in the box and choose Link Document, Link Plan Sheet, Link Task, Add Media or Take Picture.
- Tap the send button.
Several photos or videos sent together arrive as one comment. You can also paste a picture you’ve copied: press and hold the box and tap Paste.
Link a task
Section titled “Link a task”Tap the paper clip, then Link Task. Pick a list, then one or more of its tasks, up to 10 in all. Each shows in the comment as a card with the task as it is now: its number, title, status, who it’s for and its due date. Tapping the card opens the task in its list.
- An Admin or Manager who isn’t on a task waiting for review sees Approve on its card, and can approve it right there.
- Someone on a task still to be done sees Send work, which opens the task to send it in.
- Someone who isn’t on the task’s list sees only its numbers and title, with “You are not on this task’s list.”
Mentions, reactions and people
Section titled “Mentions, reactions and people”- The person you mention gets a notification that opens the list.
- Double-tap a comment to add your 👍, and double-tap again to take it off. Press and hold a comment for other emoji.
- Tap someone’s picture, or a mention of their name, to see who they are. From there, View profile opens their profile, and Admins and Managers can tap Assign a task to give them a task on this list.
- Pinch the comments to make the text bigger or smaller.
- A comment written in another language shows in yours, with Show original to read what was written.
Good to know
Section titled “Good to know”- The lists you’re involved in are also under Task Comments in Messages, with a dot while there’s a comment you haven’t read. See Task comments in Messages.
- A comment you start and don’t send stays in the box, photos and all, even after the app is closed. Messages shows Draft: on its list.
- New comments send a Task message notification. To stop them reaching your device as push notifications, turn off Task Messages in your notification settings.
- Offline, comments and reactions wait in your Outbox and are sent when you’re back online. Photos, videos and files need a connection: the app says so and keeps your words.
- On a Mac, Add Media opens the Mac’s file window, and Take Picture the camera in a window.
- In an archived project, the box gives way to “This project is archived, so no comments can be added.”