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No indication that a file has comments #9681

@wtraylor

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@wtraylor

Current Behavior

When I open a file that somebody has commented on, I don’t see that there is a comment. As you see in this screenshot, there is no indication that the file has comments. Only after clicking the comment button to open the sidebar, the comments appear.

no_comment_indicator_screenshot

This severely restricts the usefulness of comments. For example, I use comments to indicate that the content of this file is outdated or needs to be read with caution.

Suggested Behavior

I see two (not mutually exclusive) options:

  1. When I open a file, the comment sidebar automatically opens if there are comments.
  2. The comment button at the top-right (see screenshot) appears in an alert color, e.g. red. In addition, the number of comments could be shown next to the button.

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