# Layout Management

# During a point-to-point call

In a video call mode, the participant connected to the TrueConf Group receives only one video window showing the terminal camera's feed. By default, both video windows are displayed on the terminal screen, but you can disable the display of your own image (self-view). To do this, press the button on the remote control and select Hide selfview from the opened menu. This will leave only the second participant's image on the TrueConf Group screen. To return the self-view to the layout, press the button again on the remote control and select Show selfview from the opened menu.

With self-view enabled, you can switch layouts using the Layout /docs/group-user/media/buttons/layout/en.png button on the remote control. The following layouts are available, where the video window of the connected participant is highlighted in turquoise:

when the layout without overlapping (default option) is created:

/docs/group-user/media/layouts_call/en.png

when activating overlay mode:

/docs/group-user/media/layouts_call_overlap/en.png

# During a group conference

During the conference, the participants' video layout is configured based on the selected video stream mixing mode when setting up the MCU function.

Video lecture – all participants receive video and audio only from the terminal that acts as the sole moderator of the conference, while all video layouts are displayed on the terminal.
All on screen: All video streams from the endpoint and other participants are included in the layout.
Voice activated – all video streams from participants and terminals are included in the video layout, but the active speaker will be displayed in the main video window.

In all on screen and voice activation modes, you can choose one of the following layout types with the larger video window highlighted in turquoise:

During the activation of the window layout overlap mode, the same settings apply, but the main window is displayed full screen with the others overlaid on top, as shown above for point-to-point call.

The larger video window can be set using one of the following methods:

For the first user you’ve called (when creating a conference from the endpoint)
For the first user that has connected (for incoming calls)
During a conference:
- Using the remote control, press the button, navigate to the Spotlighted participant menu item, and select the desired participant.
- from the administrator's side in the Conference section of the control panel;

Below, there is an example of an “all on screen” layout: in this mode, all video windows will be equal in size and the spotlighted window will be displayed in the upper left corner:

/docs/group-user/media/layouts_examples/symmetric_layout/en.png

When using a layout with a larger video window displayed on the left side, you will have the following view:

/docs/group-user/media/layouts_examples/left_layout/en.png

Below you can find a diagram and an example of the layout with a larger window displayed in the upper part of the screen:

/docs/group-user/media/layouts_examples/top_layout/en.png

Switching video layouts is done using the Layout button on the remote control or in the Conference control panel section. When the layout changes, the name of each conference participant is displayed at the bottom of each video window for a few seconds.

To enable or disable the display of local video (the video from the camera used by the terminal) in the video layout created for the terminal, press the button on the remote control, and select Hide selfview from the menu that appears. The local video will still remain in the layout transmitted to other participants.

If you want to remove the image transmitted by the terminal from all video layouts, press the button on the remote and select Hide selfview.

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