Layouts and the Template Editor

Pick a preset

1. 1Step 1:

   Click Change layout (the grid icon) in the toolbar.

2. 2Step 2:

   Pick 1, 1×2, 2×2 or 1+3. Your streams move into those slots.

Use a saved template

1. 1Step 1:

   Open Change layout → Saved Templates.

2. 2Step 2:

   Pick a template. Every tile moves into its slot, and the desk stays in that template: a new stream takes the next empty slot.

3. 3Step 3:

   Choose None to leave the template.

lightbulbWhile a template is on, dropping a tile on another swaps them, and dropping it on an empty slot moves it there. Nothing else is pushed aside.

Open the Template Editor

1. 1Step 1:

   Open the ☰ Account menu at the right of the toolbar.

2. 2Step 2:

   Choose Template Editor. It opens over the stage on a blank canvas; nothing is saved until you save.

3. 3Step 3:

   Press Esc or Close to leave it.

Basic editor (simple controls)

With Show all controls off you get the basic editor: the same templates with fewer buttons.

1. 1Step 1:

   Pick a start from Start from: 1 stream, 2 side by side, 2×2, 1 big + 3, or 1 big + strip.

2. 2Step 2:

   Use Add tile and Remove tile, drag tiles to move them and drag their edges to resize.

3. 3Step 3:

   Type a name for the layout in the toolbar.

4. 4Step 4:

   Click Save & use. The template is saved and your desk switches to it.

Full editor (all controls)

With Show all controls on, the editor adds finer tools.

1. 1Step 1:

   Press N or Add tile to add a tile, Delete to remove the selected one and Ctrl+D to duplicate it.

2. 2Step 2:

   Use Tile settings to set the template name and the selected tile's size and position in grid cells, or lock a tile so it cannot move.

3. 3Step 3:

   Set Main tile, Position & size and When applied (gap, chat side, opening mode and the main tile's sound).

4. 4Step 4:

   Click Save, then Apply to desk when you want to use it.

lightbulbTemplates are shapes only: they never store channels, accounts or sign-ins. Free plans keep up to 3 templates.