User Community Feedback

Submitted ideas will be evaluated by our product teams for upcoming releases and will be responded to so you know where things stand. For product support, please use the community forums or contact TAC.

NOTE: All Cisco employees & Channel Partners must enter Ideas through this Ideas Portal.

webex API to control video placement on the stage

I'm developing a webex embedded app, which also uses the webex REST API. I'm looking for a way to programmatically move a particular participant's video to the stage, then sync the stage. Basically I want to automate this:

* click on a participant video menu and choose "Move to stage"
* click on the Layout menus and choose "sync my stage for everyone"

Our app adds a participant to the webex meeting. The participant is a robot with a Cisco codec on it. We want to bring the robot's video stream into view for everybody to see on the "stage".

  • Mark Duckworth
  • Jun 23 2022
  • John Nichols commented
    April 04, 2023 22:48

    I have a similar situation where I'd like to create a simple interface that allows a "stage manager" to tap a person and:

    • "move to stage" (replace the current stage with that person),

    • "add to stage" (add that person to the stage),

    • "remove from stage" (remove the person from the stage, but leave anyone else), and

    • "clear stage" (remove everyone from the stage).


    This feature will allow me to transform larger meetings into a shared experience for everyone watching. At the moment, managing the WebEx virtual stage is awkward and time consuming.


    I am managing the virtual stage on a competitors solution (ZoomOSC) and it is so powerful to manage the virtual stage using one or two taps during the show/meeting.