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id: e25c5256-f092-4f1a-9146-5c669dc0bcdd
title: setPositions
slug: /node/reference/video/room-session/set-positions
description: setPositions method for the RoomSession class.
max-toc-depth: 3
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[link-4]: /docs/server-sdk/v4/node/reference/video/room-session/events#videopositions

[roomsession-41]: /docs/server-sdk/v4/node/reference/video/room-session

### setPositions

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

Assigns a position in the layout for multiple members.

#### Parameters

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

<Indent>
  <ParamField path="positions" type="VideoPositions" required>
    Mapping of member IDs and positions to assign. See [`VideoPositions`][link-4].
  </ParamField>
</Indent>

#### Returns

`Promise<void>`

#### Example

In this example, we wait for a room to start and then set the `roomlayout` to `"6x6"`.
When a second member joins the room, we set the position of all older members to `"off-canvas"`.
This example assumes that there is a [`RoomSession`][roomsession-41]
already active and that members are joining the room.

```js
import { SignalWire } from "@signalwire/realtime-api";

// Initialize the SignalWire client
const client = await SignalWire({ project: "ProjectID Here", token: "Token Here" });

// Access video client from the main client
const videoClient = client.video;

// Setup listener for when a room starts
await videoClient.listen({
  onRoomStarted: (roomsession) => {
    console.log("Room started", roomsession.displayName);
    // Set the 6x6 layout
    roomsession.setLayout({
      name: "6x6",
      positions: {
        self: 'auto'
      }
    });
    roomsession.listen({
      onRoomUpdated: (roomsession) => {
        console.log("Room layout updated", roomsession.layoutName);
      },
      onMemberJoined: async (member) => {
        console.log("Member joined", member.name);

        // Get all members and loop through them ans save all old members to an array
        const members = await roomsession.getMembers();

        // Create an object to hold all member positions
        const positions = {
          ...members.members
            .filter(memberItem => memberItem.id !== member.id) // Filter out the member with member.id
            .reduce((acc, memberItem) => {
              acc[memberItem.id] = 'off-canvas';
              return acc;
            }, {})
        };

        console.log("Updating member positions...")
        // Update all old members positions to off canvas and the new member to be automatically positioned

        await roomsession.setPositions({
          positions: positions
        });
      },
      onMemberUpdated: (member) => {
        console.log(`Member ${member.name} updated`);
      }
    })
  }
});
```