Hi Dave,
Unfortunately, there is no way to workaround this limitation at the moment. Until this functionality is supported, using the context menu and the selection mini toolbar in a comment will not be possible. We have an item in our to do list and hopefully this will be introduced soon.
Regards,
Iva
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