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Chapter 4: Operating the Coalesce
4.4 Managing Media Items on the Coalesce Display
With Coalesce, users can not only Share, they also have a large amount of control over the media shared, regardless which user
shared it (unless the session Access Control is set to Moderated, in which case only host/moderator users can control shared
media). Further, media and the display layout can be controlled by users on their client devices or display-side by the display host
user.
Figure 4-8. Controls for Display Layout of Media (from Coalesce client app).
Placement and Layout. There are two layout modes that can be designated by accessing the Arrange menu, Snap to Grid
(default) and freeform (enabled by deselecting “Snap to Grid”). To access the menu from Coalesce client apps, click the alignment
icon in the bottom right corner of the control panel (see Figure 10 above). To access the menu from the Coalesce display inter-
face, left click-and-hold any part of the display On Screen Area that isn’t covered by a media item. The menu will appear.
From the menu, users can select “All Items on Screen,” “All Items off Screen,” and enable/disable “Snap to Grid.” Additional con-
trols include the ability to drag and drop items individually between the On Deck Panel and the On Screen Area, as well as the
ability to rearrange items individually within the On Screen Area by clicking, holding, and dragging. When “Snap to Grid” is dis-
abled/deselected, items can also be scaled arbitrarily. Pinch to zoom on touch-enabled devices, or use the mouse wheel to scale
media in and out. All of these controls are available for client and display-side users. These are the basic layout control options.
Media Actions. There are specific actions available for each media item that you can access by right-clicking the media item, tap-
ping-and-holding on touch-enabled devices, or left clicking-and-holding for the display-side users:
• Delete removes the media item from the session completely.
• Create Stack enables the user to organize multiple media items into a single item on the display. Items can then be flipped
through within the position of the single item.
• Fullscreen publishes the media item to a full screen view and moves all other items in the On Screen Area to the On Deck
Panel. About toggles to a view of the media item on the display that provides information about the item and the user.
• Preview enables a user to enlarge a item to nearly-fullscreen size—by double-tapping/clicking the item—without moving other
items in the On Screen Area to the On Deck Panel.