Long Talk discussions collapse automatically into a compact form if you have:

• a single long Talk discussion on a Confluence page and its length exceeds the page length;
• a long Talk discussion, which in its expanded state interferes with the place of another talk. 
  
  

To expand a collapsed discussion:

• select that discussion, or;
• click 'Show X more replies', or;
• click the related Talk icon.

Long Talk comments collapse automatically if you have:

• a long comment that is a part of a collapsed Talk discussion;
            
• a single long comment, and:
  • its length exceeds the page length, or;
  • in its expanded state it interferes with the place of another talk;
    

To expand a collapsed Talk comment:

• select that comment, or;
• click the related Talk icon.

If it's a part of a collapsed Talk discussion, your collapsed comment automatically expands together with that discussion.

In active Talk comments and discussions you can use the 'Show less' and 'Show more' buttons to collapse and expand long comments.

When you click somewhere on the page or select another talk, your long comments get collapsed again.

When you click somewhere on the page or select another talk, your long discussion will collapse again.