Developer DocsSign in

Collaboration ​

Pages are built for several people at once. Everyone edits the same live document. Page comments hold the discussion about the page as a whole, and inline comments keep the discussion next to the text it's about. This works the same way in project pages, wiki pages, and teamspace pages.

The Onboarding redesign spec page with AM and PS avatars next to Share, Priya Shah's named cursor in the Goals list, a highlighted inline comment on week-one activation, and the Comments panel open on the Inline tab with two open threads

Edit together in real time ​

When other people have the page open, their avatars appear at the top of the page, so you can see who's there. Each person's changes show up for everyone as they type.

Each collaborator also gets a colored cursor with their name, so you can see where they're working and avoid editing the same line.

If you go offline, keep writing. An offline badge appears in the header, and your changes sync when you reconnect.

Page comments Business ​

Page comments are for feedback on the page as a whole, such as a review of a spec or a question about the document, when there's no particular text to point at. They live on the Page tab of the Comments panel and don't highlight anything in the page.

The Comments panel on the Page tab with three page comment threads, newest first: Priya Shah's review question with 3 replies, Sara Lindqvist's design review note and Jonas Weber's SSO question, each with 1 reply, and the Add page comment box at the bottom

Add a page comment ​

  1. Click the comments icon in the page header. The Comments panel opens on the Page tab.
  2. Click Add page comment at the bottom of the panel and type your comment. You can @ mention members and attach images.
  3. Send it.

Plane lists page comment threads on the Page tab. Each thread shows its reply count and when the last reply was posted, such as 3 replies and Last reply 2 hours ago. Replies to a page comment stay page comments.

Until anyone comments, the tab reads No page comments yet and Add a comment for the whole page.

Page comments work like inline comments in every other way. You can reply, react, resolve and reopen, filter, edit, and delete them, and the same people can comment. See Work with comments.

Inline comments Business ​

Inline comments attach a discussion to a specific piece of text. The text stays highlighted, and the thread lives in the Comments panel.

The Comments panel on the Inline tab with two open threads: Ethan Brooks on week-one activation, and Daniel Kim on Skip for now with replies from Alex Morgan and Maya Rodriguez

Add a comment ​

A selected line in the Goals list with the selection menu above it, showing Text, Link, Comment, Color, and formatting buttons

  1. Select the text you want to comment on.
  2. Click the comment icon in the selection menu. The Comments panel opens on the right.
  3. Type your comment. You can @ mention members and attach images.
  4. Send it.

To open the panel without selecting text, click the comments icon in the page header, then select the Inline tab. Until anyone adds an inline comment, the tab reads No inline comments yet and Select text in the editor to start an inline comment.

On the Inline tab, each thread shows the text it's attached to. Click it, or click the thread, to scroll the page to that text.

Work with comments ​

Everything in this section works the same way for page comments and inline comments.

Reply ​

Find the comment in the Comments panel, click Reply, and send your reply. Replies stay threaded under the original comment.

Resolve and reopen ​

When a discussion is done, click the check mark on the comment and choose Mark as resolved. The comment leaves the default view. For an inline comment, the highlight is also removed from the text.

To reopen it, switch the panel's filter to show resolved comments, click the check mark, and choose Mark as unresolved.

Filter comments ​

Use the filter in the Comments panel:

  • Show active shows open comments. This is the default.
  • Show resolved shows resolved comments.
  • Show all shows both.

Under User, pick one or more people to see only comments from them. Use the search box at the top of the panel to find a comment by its text. If nothing matches, the panel says so, for example No resolved comments, and suggests changing the filters.

React to a comment ​

Hover over a comment and pick an emoji to react. Click a reaction to add yours, or click it again to remove it.

Copy a link or the text ​

Open a comment's ••• menu:

  • Copy link to comment copies a link that opens the page with the Comments panel on that thread, on the right tab.
  • Copy text copies the comment's text. Plane shows Comment text copied to clipboard.

Edit and delete ​

Open a comment's ••• menu:

  • Edit comment is available to the comment's author.
  • Delete comment is available to the comment's author and to the page's owner.

Who can comment ​

Anyone who can edit a page can comment on it, reply, and resolve comments.

  • Project pages. Project Admins and Contributors. Commenters and Guests can only comment on pages they own.
  • Wiki pages. Workspace Owners, Admins, and Members. On a shared private page, people with can comment or can edit access. In a private collection, members with Comment or Edit access.
  • Teamspace pages. Teamspace members, plus workspace Owners and Admins.

Hide comments Enterprise Grid ​

Moderators can hide a comment without deleting it. Open the comment's ••• menu and choose Hide comment, then give a reason. Other people see that the comment was hidden and why. Choose Show comment again to bring it back.

Who can hide comments:

  • Project pages. Project Admins.
  • Wiki pages. Workspace Owners and Admins.
  • Teamspace pages. Teamspace leads and workspace Admins.

See Comments moderation for more.

Page subscribers Business ​

Subscribe to a page to get an email when it changes. Subscribers hear about new editing sessions and new comments, and anyone you @mention on a page is subscribed for you.

The page header with four subscriber avatars beside Unsubscribe, and the member picker open with Daniel Kim, Maya Rodriguez, Alex Morgan, and Priya Shah checked

Subscribe or unsubscribe ​

Open the page and click Subscribe in the page header. A Subscribed to page message confirms it, and the button changes to Unsubscribe.

To stop getting emails, click Unsubscribe. You'll see Unsubscribed from page.

Manage who's subscribed ​

The avatars next to the Subscribe button show the page's current subscribers. Click them to open the member picker, then select members to add them or deselect them to remove them. Anyone who can open the page and see the control can change this list.

The picker only lists people who can follow the page. If you try to add someone who can't, Plane rejects the change.

Who can subscribe ​

Subscribers must be active workspace members. Beyond that, it depends on the page:

  • Project pages. Members of the project, and workspace Admins. Project Guests can subscribe too.
  • Wiki pages. Any workspace member except Guests. Guests don't see the subscribe control on wiki pages.
  • Teamspace pages. Teamspace members only. A workspace Admin who isn't in the teamspace can open the page but can't subscribe to it.
  • Private pages. No one, until the page is shared. The subscribe control is hidden on a private page that isn't shared. Once it's shared, the owner and the people it's shared with can subscribe.
  • Pages in a private collection. The collection owner, collection members, and people the page is shared with directly.

When Plane subscribes you automatically ​

  • You edit the page. Plane subscribes you when you start a new editing session, meaning you haven't saved changes to the page in the last 10 minutes. Unsubscribing in the middle of a session sticks until your next session.
  • You comment. Each new comment or reply you post subscribes you, even if you unsubscribed earlier. Editing an existing comment doesn't.
  • Someone mentions you. An @mention in the page or in a comment subscribes you when the mention is added. A mention that stays on the page doesn't subscribe you again after you unsubscribe. If the mention is removed and added back, it counts as new.

Plane only auto-subscribes people who can follow the page, using the rules in Who can subscribe.

What subscribers are notified about ​

Page notifications are sent by email only. They don't appear in your Inbox.

  • New editing session. When someone starts a new editing session on the page, subscribers get one email. Further saves in the same session don't send more. This email follows your Property changes preference.
  • New comment or reply. Subscribers get an email for each new comment. This follows your Comments preference. Editing a comment doesn't email subscribers.
  • Mentions. When you're @mentioned in the page or in a comment, you get a mention email instead of the subscriber email. This follows your Mentions preference. Editing a comment to add a mention emails only the newly mentioned person.

You don't get emails about your own edits or comments. Set these preferences in Notifications.

When a member leaves or loses access ​

When someone leaves the workspace or is removed from it, all their page subscriptions in that workspace end. If they rejoin later, they aren't subscribed again automatically.

If a subscriber loses access to a page without leaving the workspace, for example when they're removed from the project, Plane stops emailing them about that page. This also covers a page that becomes private, so its title never reaches anyone who can't open it.