Layouts

You can switch between the following layouts, depending on the number of participants in a meeting:

Grid layout allows you to see the video of up to 81 meeting participants on each page. This feature is supported only on Mac, Windows, and Linux.

By default, the grid layout allows you to see the video of up to 25 meeting participants in a 5x5 grid. If the meeting has more than 25 participants, the additional participants show in the grid when they speak in the meeting. When you increase or decrease the number of participants to show, you set the maximum number that can appear.

Click Increase or decrease video size and use the slider to adjust the number of participants that show in the grid.

You don't need to be in a meeting to adjust the maximum number of participants to show in grid layout. You can do it anytime and the change applies to all your future meetings in Webex App. Go to your profile picture, select Meetings > Layout. Choose your option, then click Save.

Grid layout

Adjust the number of participants in grid layout to see more or fewer participants.

Stack layout shows whoever is speaking in the primary video below the video thumbnails of other participants.

Stack layout is available when there are three or more participants in the meeting.

Stack layout

When someone starts sharing, the focus shifts to the shared content.

You always know who's sharing because their name shows above the content, on the left.

Stack layout when content is shared

Side by side layout shows whoever is speaking in the primary video next to the video thumbnails of other participants.

Side by side layout is available when there are three to 25 participants in the meeting.

Side by side layout

When someone starts sharing, the focus shifts to the shared content.

You always know who's sharing because their name shows above the content, on the left.

Side by side layout when content is shared

You can use Full-screen view with the Grid, Stack, or Side by side layout. Full-screen view hides the menu bar at the top of the application window.

When no content is being shared, Full-screen view increases the size of the primary video.

Full-screen view

When someone is sharing content, Full-screen view increases the size of the shared content so you can see it more clearly.

Full-screen view

Stage view is available with Stack and Side by side layouts.

The stage is a customizable area that allows you to focus on the content in a meeting that matters to you. By default, the stage shows the active speaker or shared content. Up to six other participants appear outside the stage, in the filmstrip.

You can move participants to the stage, resize the stage, and rearrange videos in stage view.

Showing and hiding shared media within stage view.
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To switch to a different layout, click Layout Layout, and then choose a layout.

For example, when there's three or more participants in the meeting, click Stack to switch to Stack layout.

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To show more or fewer video thumbnails in Stack layout, point to the lower edge of the video thumbnails panel and drag the resize handle Resize handle to collapse the video thumbnails or see more videos.

In Side by side layout, point to the left edge of the video thumbnails panel and drag the resize handle to collapse the video thumbnails or see more videos.

Click Show more participant video thumbnails Show more participant video thumbnails to show the video thumbnails panel when it's collapsed.

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To hide the menu bar at the top of the application window on desktop, click Layout Layout and then click the Full-screen view toggle to turn it on.

If you're using the Webex Suite meeting platform, you can also change this option when you're not in a meeting. Click Settings on the navigation sidebar, select Meetings > Layout, and check Join meetings in full-screen view.
We save the setting so it applies to all future meetings.

You can switch between the following layouts, depending on the number of participants in a meeting:

Grid layout allows you to see up to six people on an iPhone or Android phone, depending on your screen size. On an iPad or Android tablet, you can see up to 25 participants.

Grid layout

We automatically hide the top menu bar and meeting controls after a few seconds so you can focus on the participants. To show the menu bar and meeting controls, tap the screen.

Focus layout displays a full-screen video of whoever is speaking.

Focus layout

When someone shares content, Focus layout displays a full-screen video of the shared content and minimizes the active speaker.

Focus layout when content is shared

To see more of the shared content, tap to collapse the active speaker's video.

If you join your meeting using an iPad or Android tablet, you can choose Stack layout. Stack layout shows whoever is speaking in the primary video below the thumbnail videos of up to six other participants.

Stack layout is available when there are three or more participants in the meeting.

Stack layout

When someone starts sharing, the focus shifts to the shared content.

Stack layout when content is shared

The stage is available with Stack layout if you join your meeting using an iPad or Android tablet.

The stage is a customizable area that allows you to focus on the content in a meeting that matters to you. By default, the stage shows the active speaker or shared content. Up to six other participants appear outside in the filmstrip.

You can move participants to the stage, resize the stage, and rearrange videos in stage view.

Showing stage layout between shared media and without shared media on tablet.
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To switch to a different layout, tap Layout Layout, and then choose a layout.

For example, tap Grid to switch to Grid layout.

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To hide the menu bar at the top of the application window when you're using a tablet, tap Layout Layout and then tap Fullscreen.

You can also double-tap to switch to Fullscreen.