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## Visual Reviews **(STARTER)**
## Visual Reviews **(STARTER)**
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/10761) in GitLab Starter 12.0.
> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/10761) in GitLab Starter 12.0.
> - It's [deployed behind a feature flag](../../user/feature_flags.md), enabled by default.
> - It's enabled on GitLab.com.
> - For GitLab self-managed instances, GitLab administrators can opt to [disable it](#enable-or-disable-visual-reviews). **(STARTER ONLY)**
With Visual Reviews, you can provide a feedback form to your Review Apps so
With Visual Reviews, members of any team (Product, Design, Quality, and so on) can provide feedback comments through a form in your review apps. The comments are added to the merge request that triggered the review app.
that reviewers can post comments directly from the app back to the merge request
that spawned the Review App.
### Configuring Visual Reviews
### Using Visual Reviews
Ensure that the `anonymous_visual_review_feedback` feature flag is enabled.
After Visual Reviews has been [configured](#configure-review-apps-for-visual-reviews) for the
Administrators can enable with a Rails console as follows:
Review App, the Visual Reviews feedback form is overlaid on the right side of every page.
To use the feedback form to make a comment in the merge request:
1. Click the **Review** tab on the right side of a page.
1. Make a comment on the visual review. You can make use of all the
[Markdown annotations](../../user/markdown.md) that are also available in
merge request comments.
1. Enter your personal information:
- If [`data-require-auth`](#authentication-for-visual-reviews) is `true`, you must enter your [personal access token](../../user/profile/personal_access_tokens.md).
- Otherwise, enter your name, and optionally your email.
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-`data-mr-url` is the URL of the GitLab instance and will be the same for all
-`data-mr-url` is the URL of the GitLab instance and will be the same for all
review apps.
review apps.
-`data-project-path` is the project's path, which can be found by `CI_PROJECT_PATH`.
-`data-project-path` is the project's path, which can be found by `CI_PROJECT_PATH`.
-`data-require-auth` is optional for public projects but required for [private and internal ones](#visual-reviews-in-private-or-internal-projects). If this is set to `true`, the user will be required to enter their [personal access token](../../user/profile/personal_access_tokens.md) instead of their name and email.
-`data-require-auth` is optional for public projects but required for [private and internal ones](#authentication-for-visual-reviews). If this is set to `true`, the user will be required to enter their [personal access token](../../user/profile/personal_access_tokens.md) instead of their name and email.
-`id` is always `review-app-toolbar-script`, you don't need to change that.
-`id` is always `review-app-toolbar-script`, you don't need to change that.
-`src` is the source of the review toolbar script, which resides in the
-`src` is the source of the review toolbar script, which resides in the
respective GitLab instance and will be the same for all review apps.
respective GitLab instance and will be the same for all review apps.
For example, in a Ruby application, you would need to have this script:
For example, in a Ruby application with code hosted on in a project GitLab.com, you would need to have this script:
1. Make a comment on the visual review. You can make use of all the
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/42750#note_317271120) in GitLab 12.10.
[Markdown annotations](../../user/markdown.md) that are also available in
merge request comments.
To enable visual reviews for private and internal projects, set the
1. If `data-require-auth` is `true`, you must enter your [personal access token](../../user/profile/personal_access_tokens.md). Otherwise, you must enter your name, and optionally, your email.
[`data-require-auth` variable](#enable-or-disable-visual-reviews) to `true`. When enabled,
1. Finally, click **Send feedback**.
the user must enter a [personal access token](../../user/profile/personal_access_tokens.md)
with `api` scope before submitting feedback.
After you make and submit a comment in the visual review box, it will appear
This same method can be used to require authentication for any public projects.