Comment

Last update: Thu Feb 26 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

A comment is simply a piece of free-floating text that can be placed anywhere in a graph.

It is intended for annotating and explaining parts of a graph. Its Description property holds the text being displayed.

NOTE

Comments have automatic line breaking which aims to minimize their footprint in a graph.

Creating comments

The default type of comment is placed independently of nodes in the graph.

It may be created in the following ways:

Node menu

Press Spacebar in the Graph view to open the Node menu, and select the ‘Comment’ item in the list.

Type ‘comment’ in the search field to surface the item and find it more quickly.

Shortcut

If a keyboard shortcut is mapped to the ‘Comment’ item in the Preferences, press that shortcut when the Graph View has focus.

Contextual menu

In the Graph View, press RMB on any object or in empty space and select the Add Comment option.

Graph toolbar

In the Graph View toolbar, click the ‘Comment’ button in the Node Palette.

Library

In the Library, select the Graph Items category then drag and drop the ‘Comment’ item into the Graph View.

TIP

When a comment is created, its ‘Description’ property automatically gains focus so you can immediately edit the comment’s text.

Parented comments

A parented comment is a comment that is attached to a specific node in the graph so that when the node is moved, the comment follows and when the node is deleted, the comment is deleted along with it.

Comment that are created when a single node is currently selected, or through a single node’s contextual menu, are parented to that node.

HTML formatting

Text can be formatted using HTML tags. This formatting is toggled using the HTML markup button in the comment’s Description property.

TIP

Learn more about this feature in the Description section of the Frames documentation.

Comments: HTML markup

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