Defining tile view as default

[jans23]

Is your feature request related to a problem you are facing?

I would like Jitsi Meet to start in tile view by default. Currently this is not the case and users have to click the tile view button (at the bottom right) instead.

Describe the solution you'd like

Add a configuration parameter to specify Jitsi's default view.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Inform (novel) attendees about the option to change their view manually. (Inexperienced users may not notice the option on their own.)

[kinafu]

Would be really nice to have, especially since many other similar apps start with the same layout.

So the on-boarding experience would become more convenient.

[munsifhayat]

We need to have the same functionality. @jans23 any leads on this ?

[AdriaandeJongh]

I'm hearing this complaint in my Jitsi meetings a lot, too!

[StephenDonnelly]

Likewise, the ability to configure the default view is being requested by our customers too. It would be great to be able to do this.

[wietsewarendorff]

It is possible using the api:

api.executeCommand('toggleTileView');

For example when using the iframe:

const domain = 'meet.jit.si';
const options = {
    roomName: 'JitsiMeetAPIExample',
    width: 700,
    height: 700,
    parentNode: document.querySelector('#meet')
};
const api = new JitsiMeetExternalAPI(domain, options);
api.executeCommand('subject', 'My Awesome room with tile view!');
api.executeCommand('toggleTileView');
const iframe = api.getIFrame();

[saghul]

This is something we have discussed and will happen. If anyone wants to take a crack at it I’ll help review.

[NodeGuy]

@wietsewarendorff It's actually not that straightforward to do with the API because the tile view setting is persisted between reloads. I had to do this:

  api.addEventListener(`videoConferenceJoined`, () => {
    const listener = ({ enabled }) => {
      api.removeEventListener(`tileViewChanged`, listener);

      if (!enabled) {
        api.executeCommand(`toggleTileView`);
      }
    };

    api.addEventListener(`tileViewChanged`, listener);
    api.executeCommand(`toggleTileView`);
  });

[wietsewarendorff]

@wietsewarendorff It's actually not that straightforward to do with the API because the tile view setting is persisted between reloads.

You're right, I noticed after posting this. Looks like there is a PR open for the functionality you're looking for though: #6764

[pandel]

@NodeGuy
Is it possible to add this API functionality to toggle the tile view to an existing installation, i.e. by modifiying some of the web components delivered to the client, too? Sadly, I am totally unfamiliar with JS so generally, I understand what you are doing here but am unsure how to integrate it...

[NodeGuy]

Hi @pandel, I understand your question but I don't know the answer. My code is on a client I created that uses the IFrame API.

[stale]

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions.

[ptandler]

Any chance to open this issue again?
I'm currently also looking for a way to have tile view as default for all meetings

[ptandler]

@NodeGuy your code above works perfectly, tanks for sharing!!

However, a somehow more straightforward way to do this would be nice. There's a PR around, which was not merged, but is closed, that would make this feature much more easy to implement: #6764

I'd like to know why it wasn't merged. Anyway ...

[pratik9722]

@ptandler @sretika @NodeGuy I have seen your PR & thanks for that but is it possible that we can also define pin participants by display name.
That way I can show which participan's video should are shown when title view is not enabled ( & also follow me options is not enabled by moderator )

[dbrgn]

I'm also looking for an option to configure the tile view as default view. It would be great if this could be configured through a variable in web/interface_config.js.

[lrh378728213]

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