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(info) Comments are editable if you are using Confluence version 2.4 or later.

You can edit any comments that you have created. Space administrators can edit all comments within their space. The date on a comment always indicates the time the comment was last edited.

To edit a comment:

  1. Go to the comment and click Edit.
  2. Make changes to the comment just as if you were adding a comment.
  3. Click Save when you are finished.
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  1. Oct 11, 2007

    Anonymous

    Hi, 

    It is possible to disable comments editing at all?

    1. Oct 11, 2007

      Roberto Dominguez

      AFIK, not through configuration, but you could change the macro...

      • Locate CONFLUENCE_BASE/confluence/template/includes/macros.vm
      • make a backup of the file (wink)
      • Look for #macro (viewPageComment $comment $rootDepth) in that file. In the body of the macro you'll find:
      • you could either remove that block or change the condition (i.e. #if ( $permissionHelper.canAdminister($remoteUser, $comment.page.space )) if you want only space admins to be able to change comments).
      • Restart the server

      You're playing with fire here, so be careful... I've done it in 2.5.7, not sure if it's the same on 2.6.0 or any other versions.

      1. Oct 12, 2007

        Anonymous

        Hello Roberto,

        Thanks for your support!! (thumbs up)(thumbs up)(thumbs up)(thumbs up)(thumbs up)

  2. Dec 02, 2008

    Anonymous

    Hi,

      I am using IE6.I am not able to edit and reply the comments.How can i do this?I am using confluence 2.8.2. Is it not compatible with IE6?

    thank u

    1. Dec 03, 2008

      Azwandi Mohd Aris [Atlassian]

      Hi, I believe you have encountered a known bug for IE6 and Confluence 2.8.x. Please refer to this bug report for more information.

      Cheers

  3. Jun 23, 2009

    Bailey P

    Hi,

    with Confluence 3:

    1. is it possible to disable editing of comments by non administrators? I tried what Roberto said above but can't find the commands he mentioned and there's this comment on the file:

    Copied from macros.vm

    ## Old school comments (pre-2.6)
    #macro (viewPageComment $comment $rootDepth)

    2. in case a comment have been edited, how to put a label on the comment that goes something like "last edited on: xxxxxx"

    Thanks

    1. May 09, 2010

      Anonymous

      Hi Bailey,

      i have the same requirements.

      Didi you already found a solution?

      Regards

      1. May 10, 2010

        Bailey P

        not exactly. But at least I was informed that previous versions of comments is stored... Quote:
        Yes, comments are saved in versions, the oldest being 1 and then the newer ones are stored as 2,3,..

        select contentid from content where VERSION > 1 AND CONTENTTYPE = 'COMMENT';

        This will give you all comments that have been edited in Confluence.
        You will need to go to the BODYCONTENT table to get the content there:

        select BODY from BODYCONTENT where CONTENTID= '<Result of above query>';

  4. Aug 09, 2010

    Anonymous

    Hi

    I want All users to Add comments but only administrator group will be able to reply to those comments

    1. Aug 09, 2010

      Azwandi Mohd Aris [Atlassian]

      Unfortunately, there is no specific permission to allow this. As long as the users have the 'Create Comments' permission, they should be able to add comments and reply to comments. If you are keen on this, feel free to raise a feature request at http://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF

  5. Aug 23, 2010

    David Bhunnoo

    Is there any plan soon to have a comment history similar to page history?

    It would be good for legal reasons as we could then have a trace of what was typed in.

    Right now anybody can edit and all that was there is gone.

    1. Aug 24, 2010

      Azwandi Mohd Aris [Atlassian]

      I can see that this is somewhat a popular request - JRA-12400. You might want to cast your vote and add a 'watch' for keeping tabs on the progress. Also, take a look at our Implementation of New Features Policy.

      1. Aug 24, 2010

        David Bhunnoo

        OK I now have. Thanks.

  6. Jul 25, 2011

    Ken Bour

    Is there a way to attach the Edit Comments functionality with the Remove permission instead of Add? It makes little sense (to us) to have Add and Edit together. If a user can Edit a comment, then he/she can simply take all of the text out except a single character, which is tantamount to a Remove. Ideally, there should be a separate permission structure for Edit; however, if that is not possible, we would like to restrict users to either Add/Reply or Edit/Remove. What macro changes would be required to associate the Edit Comment feature with the Remove Comment permission? 

    Ken Bour