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Help Center/Collaboration/Add and manage comments

Add and manage comments

Motiff supports adding comments in files to give feedback, gather inputs from others to refine your design, and speed up the iteration process in your design.

Add comments

Motiff supports adding comments in the design files. You can also add emojis or press @ to mention other collaborators in comments.

  1. 1.An '24_toolbar_comment.svg' will appear when you click on the toolbar or press C .
  2. 2.Click on the specific spot on the canvas where you would like to leave your comment or click and drag to select a larger area for your comment.
  3. 3.Enter the content you want to comment in the input box.
  4. 4.Click to send comments.

Tip: If you want to add comments on the top-level frame, Motiff will attach the comment to it. When moving these layers, the attached comments will move with them, but comments will not attach to other layers that are not top-level frames.

Add emoji to comments

You can add emoji expressions when adding or replying to comments. Motiff will use the emoji collection of your system.

  1. 1.When adding a comment, enter the content you want to comment in the input box, then click .
  2. 2.Choose the emoji you want to use from your most recently used expressions or the entire emoji catalog.
  3. 3.After clicking on the emoji expression, it will appear in the input box.
  4. 4.Click to send the comment. 'Add emoji to comments.png'

Manage comments

Once you and your team add comments to a file, they will appear at their corresponding locations on the canvas, where you can view and reply to them directly using Motiff's web or desktop app. In comment mode, you can also manage comments from the right sidebar.

Note: When you are in comment mode, you cannot make any changes to the layers on the canvas. You can press Esc or select another tool to continue editing the file.

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To edit a comment: Select it from the canvas or the right sidebar, click to open the advanced settings, click Edit… to make your changes, and then click Save to apply or Cancel to discard them.

To hide comments: By default, comments are visible on the canvas whether or not you are in comment mode, but you can hide them and only view them in comment mode by using the shortcut Shift + C .

To reply comments: All collaborators can add, view, and reply to comments by selecting a comment in the canvas or sidebar, entering a reply or reacting with an emoji , using @ mentions, sending the comment by clicking or Return / Enter , and adding more replies as needed.

To delete comments: Motiff allows you to delete comments. To delete a single reply, you can select the comment in the canvas or right sidebar, click at the top right corner of the comment details, and select Delete. To delete the entire thread, you can follow these steps and select Delete again in the confirm deletion popup.

Tip: Deleting comments or replies will remove any associated replies. This action is permanent so the deleted comments cannot be restored even if you restore the file to a previous historical version.

Dock comments

When modifying design content based on comment feedback, you can dock the comment details to the top left corner of the canvas by opening the comment details from the canvas or right sidebar and clicking the dock icon .

Resolve comments

Once a comment is addressed, you can resolve it by selecting the comment and clicking at the top right corner, which will hide it from both the canvas and the right sidebar.

Tip: If you mistakenly mark a comment as resolved, you can undo this action by unchecking in the comment details. Click the right sidebar in comment mode, then filter out the resolved comments.

Sort or filter comments

When you enter comment mode, all comments in the file will be displayed in the right sidebar. Clicking on the top of the right sidebar allows you to sort and filter comments.

Comments in the right sidebar can be sorted in the following ways:

  • Sort by date: Display comments by the time they were posted.
  • Sort by unread: Prioritize the display of unread comments. 'Sort or filter comments.png'
  1. 1.Click at the top of the right sidebar.
  2. 2.By default, comments are sorted by time. Click to sort by unread to prioritize unread comments.
  3. 3.By default, the sidebar will display all unresolved comments in the file. You can select comments related to you, including:
    • Comments you have added.
    • Comments you have replied to.
    • Comments that mention you.
  4. 4.You can also choose whether to display resolved comments.

Tip: You can also view comments in email notifications. Clicking the link in the email will open the file and navigate to the page and location of the corresponding comment.

Move layers with comments

When a comment is pinned to a layer, you can move both the layer and its comment simultaneously. The position of the comment will change depending on how the layer is moved and where it is placed.

Cut and paste

  • Cut and paste layers to a new position: The comments will be disconnected, but you can still view and reply to the comment from the right sidebar.
  • Unpinned comments: The comments will stay at their original coordinates in the canvas, even if the layer is moved.
  • Cut and paste a layer across files: The comments will be left in the original file.

Create duplicates

Motiff will not copy the comments to the new file if you duplicate the file. In this case, comments will only remain in the original file.