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id: 5ae43e9c-5a9f-4588-9102-1a1e311aef3a
title: setMemberPosition
slug: /js/reference/video/room-session/set-member-position
description: setMemberPosition method for the RoomSession class.
max-toc-depth: 3
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### setMemberPosition

* **setMemberPosition**(`params`): `Promise<void>`

Assigns a position in the layout to the specified member.

#### Parameters

<ParamField path="params" type="object">
  Object containing the parameters of the method.
</ParamField>

<Indent>
  <ParamField path="memberId" type="string" required={false}>
    Id of the member to affect. If omitted, affects the current member.
  </ParamField>

  <ParamField path="position" type="VideoPosition">
    Position to assign in the layout.
  </ParamField>
</Indent>

#### Returns

`Promise<void>`

#### Permissions

* `room.self.set_position`: to set the position for the local member.
* `room.member.set_position`: to set the position for a remote member.

You need to specify the permissions when [creating the Video Room Token](/docs/apis/video/room-tokens/create-room-token) on the server side.

#### Example

```js
await roomSession.setMemberPosition({
  memberId: "1bf4d4fb-a3e4-4d46-80a8-3ebfdceb2a60",
  position: "off-canvas",
});
```