query re zoom (for linux)

[kaberett]

is there any way to make it stay not-fullscreen? I'm half-heartedly attending a conference (though I could tell you... very little about the talks I've attended so far), which is fine except that the way this works is a screen gets shared for the duration of a presentation, then stops being shared for questions, then resumes being shared for the next talk whereupon the thing auto-fullscreens itself again and I haven't thus far even managed to find the hotkey combo that makes it Not (Esc doesn't, F11 doesn't, I was equally half-heartedly working on thesis so I haven't checked beyond that).

Is there magic? somewhere? that I'm just Missing?

Comments

[alexwlchan]

On macOS, in the settings panel (gear icon in the top right), I have a couple of Settings that sound vaguely relevant.

Both under “Share Screen”:

• Enter full screen when a participant shares screen
• Maximize Zoom window when a participant shares screen

I haven’t tried either of them (I rarely use Zoom), but might be worth unticking those if you have them on Linux?

[naath]

Can confirm that these options exist in Linux, and claim to do what you want; however because I want fullscreen I haven't tried them.

[kaberett]

... I cannot find them. :| I cannot find the settings icon at all. Whyyyy is Zoom liiiiiike this.

(I am not using a Zoom Account. I wonder if that's relevant. :|)

[naath]

oh, uh, probably. It's an account setting not a meeting setting, free accounts are free of charge but probably data harvesting. my computer insists that zoom wants to be at 25% volume... it's a bit annoying

[alexwlchan]

I am not using a Zoom Account. I wonder if that's relevant. :|

I can also get to the settings panel through the menu bar on macOS (Zoom > Preferences), which is a common Mac UI pattern. Dunno if there's an equivalent on your flavour of Linux?

The Zoom support docs suggest you need to log in to get settings on Linux: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362623-Changing-Settings-in-the-Desktop-Client-or-Mobile-App

I wonder if it's worth logging in with a throwaway account, changing the setting, then logging out? I would expect settings are per-device, not per-account.

[kaberett]

many many thanks for hunting the FAQs for me while I utterly failed to brain anything of the sort <3 Conf is only ongoing for one more day and I don't have any others scheduled so I think I will grit my teeth and live with it (esp. given that sessions are afternoon-only), but it is good to know I'm not just missing something stunningly obvious. ♥

[batdina]

I know nothing about linux, but on a mac, you just hit esc and the expanded screen goes away.

[tei]

Gah, I'm... not sure? I use zoom on Linux mint and I am always clicking around trying to find the right configuration of screens to pay half-attention :P If I just click to open another program it will keep the zoom screen open as a little window in the corner, but yeah, if the format of the meeting changes in some way then it automatically fullscreens. :(

[cesy]

Windows does the same and I haven't yet figured out the cure.

[hilarita]

I dunno. I've not found a way of stopping it, and it really really irks me.
The only workaround for me is to have two monitors, and put Zoom on the non-primary one, so it can do its stupid fullscreen thing, and I can still get at other things. But this presupposes having two monitors. When I'm on my laptop I'm just constantly annoyed.