How to disabled whiteboard

bijan behvandi

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Nov 9, 2019, 11:18:35 PM11/9/19

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Hi, how can we create a class via api that has whiteboard disabled?

bijan behvandi

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Nov 10, 2019, 10:39:37 AM11/10/19

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We want to create an api class that will have the whiteboard disabled for webinar use.

We are developing a special dashboard for the BBB.

در یکشنبه 10 نوامبر 2019، ساعت 7:48:35 (UTC+3:30)، bijan behvandi نوشته:

Chad Pilkey

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Nov 11, 2019, 11:12:39 AM11/11/19

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Please don't post to multiple places. The original post was submitted on the weekend so so an immediate response was very unlikely. Posting multiple times just adds to our workload.

There's no API for the whiteboard.
There are two options that I can think of. The first option is to remove all of the whiteboard tools, except hand, from the HTML5 client's settings.yml file. I'm not sure what will happen if you remove them all so I would leave one in. The other option is to comment out the toolbar and hide it.
I would recommend option 1.

https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/issues/8317

bijan behvandi

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Nov 11, 2019, 11:24:47 PM11/11/19

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Excuse me for posting two identical posts.

is there a solution to building a class that automatically minimizes the whiteboard?

There is a feature video chat in the bbb-demo, can you use this?

Chad Pilkey

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Nov 12, 2019, 12:02:09 PM11/12/19

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Oh you want the presentation minimized on start. To minimize the presentation there are two properties that you can use depending on whether you want users to be able to restore the presentation.

/usr/share/meteor/bundle/programs/server/assets/app/config/settings.yml

layout:
autoSwapLayout: false
hidePresentation: false

You can also pass the properties on the join API calls if you want to only have some meetings affected.