Wondering if anyone has noticed that this page starts with the oldest comments first and that you have to scroll to the bottom to read the latest OR you can use the little slider at the top of the page to get there. SO annoying. Someone at Asana is living in a backward world.
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It isn’t just the site. I’ve noticed this throughout the application. For example, in a project list view, click the “Sort” button and choose any option like “Due Date”, “Assignee”, “Likes”, or “Alphabetical”. It sorts ascending, but there is no option for reverse sort/descending.
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Thank you! I would also like to add to the conversation. Our team switched over from Trello earlier this year and this is one of the features everyone strongly dislikes. Would be great if this could be sorted out very soon. Thanks so much!
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We are also currently switching from Trello and finding this very cumbersome as some tasks have lengthy discussions that we have to scroll through in Asana. Comment sorting should definitely be available.
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Hi.
It is inconceivable that this feature is still not available. How many have been upset about it for many months, even up to 2 years.
What do we as users have to do so that setting the order of the comments finally has priority?
Many who come from Trello are particularly dissatisfied with this point. What can you tell us
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I have recently experienced Trello working with a vendor who uses that. I was unaware how much the chronological order of comments in Asana was bothering me until I realized how much simpler Trello was by presenting comments in reverse order. Please make this change!
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Hello there. Thank you for these instructions. Is this still working for you? I just tried it for the first time today and don’t see the reverse order.
Hello, that code is outdated as layout structure had changed, here’s updated CSS:
.InboxClarifiedExpandableThread-stories{
display: flex;
flex-direction: column-reverse;
}
.InboxClarifiedExpandableThread-stories .InboxClarifiedStory:nth-last-child(n+4) {
opacity: 0.3;
}
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Also, since they added “See more activity” link that hides all entries buy default, now it’s not necessary to hide entries after 10th, but if you want here’s the code:
.InboxClarifiedExpandableThread-stories .InboxClarifiedStory:nth-last-child(n+11) {
display:none;
}
And another useful snippet which highlights active row in tasks list so it’s more visible:
.ItemRow--enabled.ItemRow--highlighted,
.ItemRow--enabled.ItemRow--focused {
background-color: #83ff85;
}
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Thank you very much!
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I really want to see the “Posts/Comments” section in Asana appear with the newest posts/comments on the top. Is this possible now, or will it be in the near future?
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That is a bit counter-intuitive, every single chat app shows the comment box at the bottom and then comments in chronological order, aren’t they?
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Hi @Gina_Francisco, welcome to the forum!
We have already a popular request in the forum for this feature. I’ve gone ahead and merged your request with Reverse the order of comments to consolidate feedback. As a workaround, you can pin comments to the top of the task’s Activity Feed in the right pane. Pinned comments are also indicated by a yellow marker.
not necessarily. the position of the comment entry box is fixed at the bottom of the frame for an Asana task, and the list of comments scrolls behind it. If the list is long, and has been going on for a while, you need to scroll past all of the stale discussion material to get to the current message(s). Personally, I find this design frustrating on a lot of apps, and this is a frequent request, so while it seems counter-intuitive, it might still be a good UX design. At the least, it would be nice as an option (not a permanent change). “show me the current/relevant stuff first” - isn’t that the principle behind why the project views default to “incomplete tasks”? Cut the noise, get right to the signal!
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I’ve just scrolled through all these comments, hoping to find that this has been fixed, but alas no. Any news on this annoying feature?
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+1 on this request. Comments would have a lot more value for us if we could sort with most recent at the top.
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PLEASE take inspiration from Trello. They’re doing it right, but unfortunately lacking many features so we’ve switched to Asana. On a Trello card comments are sorted with the newest comments and attachments at the top. There is also a “Show/Hide Details” toggle allowing you to ONLY see comments distraction-free, or to also show all the more granular details like who changed what on the task and when.
Please please please, Asana, take a look at how Trello is doing this and replicate it’s functionality. It’s horrible having to scroll to the bottom of every task to see the recent information.
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I’m in the process of transferring from Trello to Asana and whilst I’m really enjoying Asana’s features, I find this a real deficit in Asana’s functionality. Would be a great improvement to be able to have most recent comments on top or at least be able to sort them that way. 
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Agreed this would add so much to the usability of tasks. It could even be an optional toggle or a preference
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Has there been any movement on this update. I agree with previous comments that this really should be a priority update. Considering all the in-depth updates that have been made, this one should be fairly simply to apply. Is there any reason it hasn’t been made? I put in my vote but also want to voice my thoughts. It has become a huge hassle to scroll down to the bottom to review the most recent comment which is also 99% of the time the most relevant comment. My workaround has been to pin to the top, but really these comments should work like an email thread - most recent always on top so it’s the first you read.
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