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Name tags, comments in the code and suggested changes

See who each cursor belongs to, read comment threads right under the lines they're about, suggest a change someone can apply in one click, and react or reply in chat.

2 min readUpdated 4 Oct 2026

Name tags on cursors

Every teammate's cursor carries their name in their colour, like in VS Code. In Editor settings → Teammates' name tags choose Always, While typing (the tag shows while they type, then fades) or Hover (no tag; point at the cursor to see who it is). KODEO for VS Code follows the same setting.

Comments in the code

An open comment thread shows as a small card under the line it's about — who wrote it, the start of the comment, how many replies. Click it to open the thread in the Comments panel. Turn the cards off in Editor settings → Comments in the code; the line stays highlighted and the margin icon stays.

Suggesting a change

When you comment on a selection, tick Suggest a change and edit the text. The thread then shows a diff of what you'd change. Anyone who can edit the file can Apply it: the lines are replaced (in the live session, so it shows for everyone at once), the thread says who applied it, and whoever suggested it gets a notification. The file has to be open to apply one. If those lines have changed since the suggestion was made, nothing is applied — KODEO says so, and you make the change by hand or ask for a new suggestion.

Reactions and replies

React to a comment or a chat message with 👍 ❤️ 👀 🚀 ✅ or 😄. In chat, Reply quotes the message you're answering — click the quote to jump to it.

Chat understands a little formatting: wrap code in three backticks for a coloured block, or one backtick for inline code. Write a file and line like src/app.ts:42 and it becomes a link that opens that line — only for files that exist in the project. When you open the chat, a New line marks where the messages you haven't read start.

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