# \[DONE\] Link to/reference Entity from in-line Rich Text Comments **URL:** \ **Category:** Ideas & Features\ **Tags:** comments\ **Created:** [November 1, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-link-to-reference-entity-from-in-line-rich-text-comments/3466 "2022-11-01T19:23:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oshyan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/oshyan/32/11431_2.png) [@Oshyan](https://community.fibery.io/u/Oshyan)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-link-to-reference-entity-from-in-line-rich-text-comments/3466/1 "2022-11-01T19:23:29Z")
We have [the ability to @mention from in-line (Rich Text selection) comments](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-mention-within-comments/422), which is very important for basic workflows, of course. But I also find myself _really_ wanting the ability to #mention/reference **Entities** from within comments, which does not seem to be possible at all. It of course works in the Comments Field, but not for in-line Rich Text comments. There are many obvious examples of why this is useful. For the same reasons an entity reference might be used in a comment _field_, you would want to do it in in-line comments, e.g. making a reference with a comment. Let’s say it is an incoming piece of feedback and we see a suggestion related to another. If we could Reference/#mention in Rich Text comments, we could just select the piece of text in question, make a comment, and link to the entity it relates to, like this: > This seems similar to #existing-entity, however it adds the following interesting idea, which blah blah. Hey @work-colleague, let’s see if we can figure out how to articulate this and incorporate it into the #rfp for next week’s discussion.") Currently I think we would have to use a Linked Highlight, but this adds no Context. We would then add a Comment to the Referenced entity to add our Context, but A: this disconnects the reference from the comment about why (especially without [Add comments inline to Activity Stream](https://community.fibery.io/t/add-comments-inline-to-activity-stream/573), and B: it still requires the @mention in a comment to get the attention of @work-colleage so we can discuss the feedback _on the feedback item itself_. Apologies if this is a duplicate request, I couldn’t find another instance. ---
**Author:** ![B\_Sp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@B\_Sp](https://community.fibery.io/u/B_Sp)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-link-to-reference-entity-from-in-line-rich-text-comments/3466/2 "2022-11-03T16:13:42Z")
I think you are getting at some needed functionality for me, too, but I can’t actually understand what you are talking about, sorry. The only place I’m not aware you can reference entities is in the plain text boxes that are available: ![image.jpeg](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/fibery/original/2X/1/1f95713cc993ca7d82a6077cfe61b73ec1d0a45b.png)[Refer to Comments, and Public ID’s for Comments](https://community.fibery.io/t/refer-to-comments-and-public-id-s-for-comments/1251). This is actually available already in ClickUp and Asana. When somebody says something in a comment you want to quote elsewhere, it would be great to grab that comment and refer to it. And I agree the linked highlight I have not found useful, in fact we never use it, but probably link to 100’s of entities and views around Fibery daily because that is such a great functionality! ---
**Author:** ![B\_Sp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@B\_Sp](https://community.fibery.io/u/B_Sp)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-link-to-reference-entity-from-in-line-rich-text-comments/3466/3 "2022-11-03T16:13:58Z")
and wish I could vote for this! ---
**Author:** ![Oshyan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/oshyan/32/11431_2.png) [@Oshyan](https://community.fibery.io/u/Oshyan)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-link-to-reference-entity-from-in-line-rich-text-comments/3466/4 "2022-11-03T19:50:20Z")
> [@B\_Sp](#): > > The only place I’m not aware you can reference entities is in the plain text boxes that are available: I’m talking about when making in-line comments (select text and add Comment) in a Rich Text somewhere (e.g. Entity Description, or in a Document). In either case you cannot #mention an Entity. You can @mention people though. I do find Linked Highlights useful on occasion, but would find them even more useful if I could add a comment to the highlight, or just do what I’m describing here which is highlight+comment then add a link/reference. > [@B\_Sp](#): > > and wish I could vote for this! I went through and redistributed some of my votes recently for this reason. 😅 ---
**Author:** ![B\_Sp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@B\_Sp](https://community.fibery.io/u/B_Sp)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2022, 3:51am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-link-to-reference-entity-from-in-line-rich-text-comments/3466/5 "2022-11-06T03:51:44Z")
Ok thanks understood, yes would love to be able to mention entities within those in-line comments, and would love this, too: > [@Oshyan](#): > > would find them even more useful if I could add a comment to the highlight, or just do what I’m describing here which is highlight+comment then add a link/reference. I don’t have any votes to redistribute, already need the ones I have out there staying put ☹ ---
**Author:** ![mdubakov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/mdubakov/32/10_2.png) [@mdubakov](https://community.fibery.io/u/mdubakov)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-link-to-reference-entity-from-in-line-rich-text-comments/3466/6 "2022-11-22T15:20:32Z")
We’ll re-do comments soon and it will be included. All comments will be as powerful as rich edit fields in general ---
**Author:** ![mdubakov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/mdubakov/32/10_2.png) [@mdubakov](https://community.fibery.io/u/mdubakov)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 12:56pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-link-to-reference-entity-from-in-line-rich-text-comments/3466/7 "2024-08-01T12:56:55Z")
Implemented in some latest releases > [@July 18, 2024 / bento\_box Bunch of improvements](https://community.fibery.io/t/july-18-2024-bunch-of-improvements/6413): > > For the next couple of months we will mostly work on improvements, including views, entities creation, settings, etc. We are going to streamline many workarounds and improve overall Fibery experience. Here we go! Reactions and entities mentions in inline comments Now you can react to inline comments and mention entities using # shortcut. Specify the exact Rule instead of Fibery (rule) in audit log and entity history Previously, when trying to trace back why a field value was changed … ---
**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2024, 6:20am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-link-to-reference-entity-from-in-line-rich-text-comments/3466/8 "2024-10-04T06:20:53Z")