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WThompson
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May 4, 2022
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How do I keep the Video Panel visible while screen sharing?

  • May 4, 2022
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How do I keep the Video Panel visible while screen sharing?. It always disappears when I screen share and I have to turn it back on again.

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      _JTovie_
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      May 4, 2022

      Please check this article: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360034188592-Sharing-Your-Screen-While-Seeing-All-Meeting-Participants#:~:text=To%20view%20participants%20in%20Gallery%20View%2C%20click%20the%20Film%20Strip,in%20a%20horizontal%20strip%20instead.

       

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      WThompsonAuthor
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      July 4, 2022

      I do this but don't like to have top do that every time and it takes time and effort which is a distraction when I am teaching.  If a setting to keep as default that would help.  Thanks

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        ian13
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        July 1, 2022

        I have a similar problem as WThompson.

        The problem isn't that I can't show the Video Panel, it's that I would like it to be shown by default when starting Video Sharing. The page linked above says
        "The Participant Video Panel will show by default"
        but it is hidden by default in my case.

         

        It is quite disruptive when I am sharing multiple docs / windows and switch between them regularly.
        Please advise how to fix / change the default.

        Using Zoom 5.10.4 (5035) for PC.

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          _JTovie_
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          July 1, 2022

          Kindly see below.

           

           

          https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360034188592-Sharing-Your-Screen-While-Seeing-All-Meeting-Participants

           

          If this helped, please remember to click on the "Accept as Solution" button below.

           

           

           

           

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          ian13
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          July 1, 2022

          Hi JTovie,

          Those steps do show the Video Panel for me, but I don't want to have to do that every time I start screen sharing.
          I want this behaviour:

           

          Thanks.

           

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            _JTovie_
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            July 5, 2022

            Are you using 2 monitors at the same time?

            Would you be able to download the latest version of the Zoom desktop application. Could be a bug..

             

             

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              ian13
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              July 7, 2022

              Hey JTovie,

              No, I'm using a single, 4K monitor.

              Yes, I'm on the latest version, regularly update. I've been experiencing this "default" problem for at least a year now.

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              _JTovie_
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              July 7, 2022

              Hi  ian13,

              Gotcha. Prior to screen sharing, you have the Gallery View, correct? You can see all the participants at once?

              Or you're on Speaker view?

               

              I never experience this default issue as I'm always on the Gallery view.

              Can you make you sure have a Gallery view before sharing your screen?

               

              see attachment:

               

               

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              ian13
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              July 13, 2022

              Hi JTovie,

              Thanks for the suggestion! Unfortunately, it didn't help - I tried screen sharing from Gallery view as well as Speaker view, in both cases when the screen sharing started, the participants' videos disappeared (until I manually showed the Video Panel).

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              _JTovie_
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              August 3, 2022

              Hi, please try to enable the 'Side-by-side Mode' from your Zoom desktop application settings > Share Screen.

               

              See attached snapshot for reference.

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                Alches
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                December 11, 2022

                I am having this same problem. Whether I start the Share from Gallery view or Speaker View, the Video Panel still disappears and has to be turned on again from the floating Control Panel - More Menu. Very frustrating! I do have Side-by-Side mode turned on in the Share Screen Settings.

                Any other suggestions for keeping this panel on?

                Allan

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                ian13
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                December 12, 2022

                Hey Alches,

                Unfortunately I still have not found an improvement to this behaviour - I'm still manually showing the Video Panel every time I start a screen share.

                Hey _JTovie_,
                Apologies for the late reply - unfortunately the Side-by-Side Mode did not help. I still stop seeing the other participants' videos when I start a screen share, until I manually Show the Video Panel.
                One piece of info that might be relevant - I run Zoom in a window, not fullscreen:

                 



                Hoping there's a fix, or at least a keyboard shortcut to Show the Video Panel.

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                _JTovie_
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                December 15, 2022

                Hi Alches and ian13,

                 

                Can you also check from your desktop application if you have the 'Dual monitor' enabled? but only using 1 screen? If yes, kindly disable the 'Dual Monitor'

                 

                https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362583-Using-Zoom-desktop-client-with-dual-monitors

                 

                Keep us posted. Thanks!

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                  ian13
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                  December 16, 2022

                  Hi _JTovie_,

                   

                  Nope, that setting is off for me. Was a good try though! Any other suggestions?

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                  DrRA
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                  April 3, 2023

                  I have the exact same problem. It's very frustrating. I know it sounds like it's no big deal, but it's extremely annoying that you have to manually go to more options and select the video panel option every, single, time.

                  Like someone else said, a hotkey would be great, at the very least.  

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                  matakourti
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                  May 22, 2023

                  Had the same problem...! Try when clicking on the share screen and you see than new window "screen" of options, wheather you have checked "optimize for video" that's our problem!!! It is on the left bottom of the screen, next to "share sound"! uncheck "optimize for video" and there you go video panel works by default now even in shared screen! 

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                    ian13
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                    May 24, 2023

                    @matakourti - That was it! Works for me too. Thanks!

                    I haven't tested what the drawbacks of not using "optimize for video" are, but at this point, they'd have to be very significant to warrant dealing with the video panel hiding behaviour!

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