With Superhuman Docs, you can use drag-and-drop templates to quickly add things like topic voting tables or team sentiment trackers to your docs. But sometimes, you might just want to add a quick check-in to get feedback within your text—or add a reaction button to a table you’ve already built. Read on to learn how!

Add reactions to text

You can add a reaction to text anywhere on the canvas in Docs by typing /reaction. Select Reaction from the quick insertion menu, and then customize:

1. A default name will automatically be added. However, we recommend you give your reaction a descriptive name you recognize so that it is easier if you want to reference it in formulas or find it in your doc map.

2. Choose or search for the icon you want to visually represent the reaction.

3. Choose whether to display the Number of times the reaction has been engaged or the People who have engaged with it. You can also choose None for the reaction to simply toggle on and off each time someone clicks on it.

   • 💡 Tip: Even if you choose Number, you can hover over a reaction to see the people who have interacted with it.

4. Set the size as Small, Medium, or Large.

5. Add Disable If logic if desired. For example, you may want to disable reactions after a certain date and time. This requires a formula, which you can learn more about here.

6. To reopen the reaction settings, right-click the reaction.

Add reactions to tables

You can add a reaction column to any table. To do so, start by either changing an existing column type to Reaction (this will overwrite existing values), or adding a new column and choosing Reaction as the column type.

Then, it's time to customize the reaction column. Right-click on the column header to see the reaction settings, including...

• Icon: Select an icon from the drop-down menu or choose New to search for the icon you want to visually represent the reaction.

• Display: Choose whether to display the Number of times the reaction has been engaged or the People who have engaged with it. You can also choose None for the reaction to simply toggle on and off each time someone clicks on it.

  • 💡 Tip: Even if you choose Number, you can hover over a reaction to see the people who have interacted with it.

• Disable If: You may want the reaction to be disabled when certain criteria are met. 

  • You can choose the User reaches their reaction limit option, then set a per-user reaction limit for the table. For instance, if you set a user limit of 5, each user can only use this reaction column for up to 5 rows in the table.

  • Or you may want to create a custom rule using the formula option (ex: disable reactions after a certain date and time).

Clear reactions

Let's say you have a "done reading" canvas reaction that your team uses during your weekly meeting to indicate when they're done reading through updates. But each week, you want to reset the reaction so you can start fresh.

Good news! You can now reset your reactions - both in tables and in the canvas - with a few easy clicks.

1. Open the settings panel for the reaction.

   1. For a reaction on the canvas, just right-click on the reaction. For a reaction column, right-click on the column header, then select Column options.

2. Scroll down to the Reset reactions section.

3. You'll see the current number reactions. If you want to clear and reset, click Clear all.

Related resources

• Overview of column types

• The basics of Superhuman Docs formulas