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id: 828a7c22-e0fe-4829-85f8-0ba4235aad2c
title: setRaisedHand
slug: /node/reference/video/room-session/set-raised-hand
description: setRaisedHand method for the RoomSession class.
max-toc-depth: 3
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### setRaisedHand

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

Sets the raised hand status for the current member.

#### Parameters

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

<Indent>
  <ParamField path="memberId" type="string" required>
    ID of the member to affect.
  </ParamField>

  <ParamField path="raised" type="boolean" default="true">
    Whether to raise or lower the hand. If omitted, the hand status is toggled to the opposite of the current status.
  </ParamField>
</Indent>

#### Returns

`Promise<void>`

#### Example

In this example, we wait for a member to join the room and then set the raised hand status for that member to `true`.

```javascript
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: async (roomSession) => {
    console.log("Room started", roomSession.displayName);

    // Setup listener for when a member joins the room
    await roomSession.listen({
      onMemberJoined: async (member) => {
        console.log("Member joined", member.name);

        // Set the raised hand status for the member
        await roomSession.setRaisedHand({
          memberId: member.id,
          raised: true
        });
      }
    });
  }
});
```