latest update in a task is always at the bottom

Something my entire team and I are finding quite frustrating is how the latest comment added to a task always appears at the bottom of the task post. It would make more logical sense to reverse this and have the latest post at the top. Therefore it's the first thing you read or see when viewing the task.

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Susan Kane

Yes! Please!

Michele Mason

Our team is also experiencing critical communication issues due to the updates being add to the bottom and not the top on the status notification emails. Many of our internal stakeholders who receive the emails are missing attachments and updates because they don't know to scroll to the bottom for the latest. Please fix this!

Michele Mason

Elizaveta Bogdanova

Hi @Michele Mason, thanks for reaching out!

Our team is working on quicker navigation in the comments stream, and they are planning to release this improvement this year 😊

Migara Dharmadasa

How do I go about configuring this feature that was planned for release in 2021?

Elizaveta Bogdanova

Hi @Migara Dharmadasa, welcome to Wrike Community 🤗

We announced this release back in 2021 as it had been planned - we introduced quick navigation buttons to be able to click to the latest update in stream. Please find more info in this Community post and let me know if you need any help 🙂

Migara Dharmadasa

Thanks Lisa, It will also be nice to have an option to display items in reverse as a personalisation. I used to use other task management packages before and it was convenient to see attachments and task description and dates etc while reading the latest update upon clicking on an email update. Even emails always show the latest update first. it will be a nice feature to display most significant content on the top.

Michael Henderson

Task history usually always goes beyond the bottom of the screen, so it makes sense for the latest updates to be shown at the top and older, less pertinent, updates at the bottom. This is how emails, and many other familiar systems are configured. There should a setting, at least at a user level, or for consistency at a companywide level, for showing updates in reverse order. Adding jump to buttons are not the same thing and not a solution to this feature request. The buttons are simply a work-around that serve as a constant reminder that this feature is missing. The buttons cause me extra work to constantly have to locate and click them. If you have a mouse, then a few flicks of the scroll wheel are faster than using the buttons. Without a mouse wheel, it is a very cumbersome, and as reported by the original poster 6 years ago, "quite frustrating" system that you are providing.

Juan Muttoni

Hi @Migara Dharmadasa and @Michael Henderson (welcome to the Community!) thank you for your detailed comments, please rest assured that your feedback has been noted.

I understand that the available option is not exactly what you're looking for and that the ability to sort from newest to oldest would be appreciated by many users. Our Product Team is aware of the popularity of this suggestion and we will keep you updated if any changes are implemented 👍

If there's anything else we can help you with, please don't hesitate 🙂

Jules Smith

Hi - My team continues to express frustration over the jumping to the bottom of the screen. They estimate that it takes them 25% more time to make updates to big project plans due to scrolling. Is there anything on the roadmap to keep the updated in the middle of the screen and not pushing it to the top or the bottom?

Rohan V

Hello, and welcome to the Community, @Jules Smith! 🙋

At the moment, there aren’t any new updates to share, but we do recognize the popularity of this suggestion and are forwarding every comment to the Product Team. Currently, you can use quick navigation to jump to the top or last update. I believe you are already aware of this.

Nonetheless, if there are any further improvements, we will definitely post an update 👍