A Record Comments widget shows the conversation on one record: its comments, its emails or both. The record is whichever one a viewer picks in a Record Selector widget on the same dashboard. The panel is the same one a record shows, so people read and reply as they do in the record.
The widget's card sits in the Add New Widget panel under Record Display and carries a badge in place of the info icon. It cannot be added today. Until it can, a record's comments reach a dashboard through the Show Comments icon of a Record Details widget; see Dashboards: Record Detail Widget.
Example: a Vendor Management solution with a Findings table. On the Vendor risk overview dashboard, a Record Selector lists the open findings. Beside it sits a Record Details widget called Selected finding. Procurement picks a finding and selects Show Comments to read the Security lead's notes.
The Record Display category of the Add New Widget panel, with the Record Comments card and the badge that marks it unavailable.
Plan Availability | All plan types. |
Permissions | Solution Managers and members with Full Access add and set up widgets on a public dashboard; the owner does so on a private one; comments follow the record's permissions. |
Platform | Web |
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Where the card is
Open the dashboard and set the View | Edit switch in the upper right to Edit.
Select + Add Widget in the toolbar. The Add New Widget panel opens at the right, with a Search Widget box and thirteen collapsible categories.
Open the Record Display category. It holds Record Selector, Record Details, Record History, Record Comments and My Work. The last three carry a badge, have no info icon, and do not open a window when selected.
What the widget will show
The settings below are carried from the earlier version of this article. None of them could be read in the product on 30 Oct 2026.
Source: the Record Selector widget that provides the record. The widget shows the conversation of the first record in the selector's selection.
Show Comments and Show Emails: two switches. At least one stays on; when you turn one off, the other is locked on. With both on, the widget shows two tabs; with one on, a plain header.
Until a record is picked, the widget shows an illustration as a placeholder.
Note: These settings could not be followed in the product on 30 Oct 2026. If the card on your workspace opens a settings window, the widget is available to you and the settings above apply.
Reading comments on a dashboard today
Add a Record Selector and a Record Details widget on the same table; see Record Selector Widget and Dashboards: Record Detail Widget. In View mode, hover over the Record Details widget and select Show Comments. Comments follow the record's permissions: a viewer sees the comments they can see in the record itself.
Tip: Pair the selector and the details widget side by side. Picking a finding then changes the details and the comments together.
Frequently asked questions
Does the widget work without a Record Selector widget?
Does the widget work without a Record Selector widget?
No. Its source is a Record Selector on the same dashboard, as with the Record Details widget.
Why can I not add the Record Comments widget?
Why can I not add the Record Comments widget?
Its card carries a badge in the Add New Widget panel and does not open a window.
How do I show a record's comments on a dashboard today?
How do I show a record's comments on a dashboard today?
Use a Record Details widget on a Record Selector and select Show Comments on the widget in View mode.
Is the widget available in the mobile app?
Is the widget available in the mobile app?
No. The mobile dashboard guide lists Record Comments as not supported.
Last verified 30 Oct 2026.