# Spotlight your view so others follow you

> Click Spotlight me in the header (or press X) and confirm Become spotlight; others are invited to follow your view and their canvas moves with yours until you stop.

Category: Boards and presenting
Web page: https://www.pactto.com/help/spotlight
All guides: https://www.pactto.com/help.md

## What Spotlight does

Spotlight lets one person lead the room. While you are spotlighted, people who follow you see exactly what you see on the canvas: where you move, what you zoom into, the item you open in focus mode and the slide you are presenting. Only one person can be the spotlight at a time.

Who can do it: everyone in the room, including people with **Can view** access. The Spotlight button appears only when at least one other person is in the room, and only on a computer: phones do not show it, but you can follow someone from a phone.

## Start Spotlight

1. Click **Spotlight me** in the header, next to the camera and microphone buttons. You can also press **X**, or right-click the canvas and choose **Spotlight me**.
2. A **Become the spotlight?** window opens. Click **Become spotlight** to confirm, or **Cancel**.
3. A bar at the bottom of your screen says **You are spotlit**.

If you are already in focus mode or presenting, followers jump straight to the item or slide you are on.

## Follow someone

When someone starts Spotlight, you see **Follow {name}'s view?** with a preview of their view and yours.

- Click **Follow {name}** to follow. The bar at the bottom says **Following {name}'s view**.
- Click **Stay where I am** (or close the window) to keep your own view. The bar then says **Follow {name}'s view** with a **Follow** button, so you can join later.

The window appears once per Spotlight session. After that, use the **Follow** button in the bottom bar. When someone else is spotlighted, the header shows their avatar with the tooltip **{name} is spotlit**.

## Stop

- **To stop following**: click **Stop following** in the bottom bar. If you are following into an item in focus mode, clicking **Exit focus mode** also stops following.
- **To stop being the spotlight**: click the Spotlight button again (**Stop spotlighting me**), press **X**, or click **Stop** in the bottom bar (**Stop spotlight** while you are in focus mode). Everyone stops following.

## Take over from someone else

If another person is the spotlight, click **Spotlight me** (or press **X**). The window explains that you will take over and that anyone following them will follow you instead. Click **Become spotlight** to confirm.

## Good to know

- Spotlight ends on its own when the spotlighted person leaves the room or when only one person is left.
- If you are the spotlight and try to refresh or close the tab, your browser asks you to confirm. Leaving ends the Spotlight.
- While following someone into an item in focus mode, you cannot move, resize or delete that item. If it is a board, you can still work with the items inside it.
- If the spotlighted person zooms into an item in focus mode, followers on the same item see the same zoom. See [Zoom in on an item in focus mode](https://www.pactto.com/help/focus-zoom.md).
- Videos play in sync for everyone in the Spotlight session. See [Play videos together](https://www.pactto.com/help/video-playback.md).
- Sharing your screen does not start Spotlight. See [Follow a screen share](https://www.pactto.com/help/multiple-presenters.md).

## Related guides

- [Present in a room](https://www.pactto.com/help/present.md): Add your assets, put them in a board, select the board and click the play button (Enter presentation mode); turn on Spotlight so everyone in the room follows your slides.
- [Focus on one item or board](https://www.pactto.com/help/focus-mode.md): Select an item or board and click Enter focus mode to show only that item, full size; press Escape or click Exit focus mode to go back to the canvas.
- [Play videos and keep them in sync for everyone](https://www.pactto.com/help/video-playback.md): Click the round play button on a video or select it to use the controls (timeline, Play, speed, volume, time format); during Spotlight, play, pause and seeking are shared by everyone in the session.
- [Follow a screen share when one or more people present](https://www.pactto.com/help/multiple-presenters.md): When someone shares their screen you are asked Follow {name}'s screen share?; click Follow, or click their camera tile with the yellow Presenting badge, to view their screen full size. Several people can share at once.
- [Share your screen](https://www.pactto.com/help/share-your-screen.md): Click Share screen at the top right of the room (or press S), pick what to share in your browser, and your screen appears on the canvas for everyone; others can follow it and zoom in.