The Canvas is your main workspace where all streams and chats reside. We designed a flexible grid system allowing you to arrange windows freely.
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Basics
Adding Windows
Click the + button on the dynamic island to add a combo (stream + chat), a stream window, or a chat window. Once the empty window appears on the canvas, switch it between Stream and Chat at the top, then pick a live favourite from the dropdown to start playing.
Click + to open the add menuClick + and pick which kind of window to addAn empty window plays nothing until you pick a channel from the dropdown"Add Combo" creates a stream + chat window pair at oncePick a channel directly from the "Live favorites" dropdownThe same empty window can also become a chat room
Auto Layout
Not sure how to arrange things? Open the layout list from the dynamic island — it has three tabs: video only, with chat, and custom. Pick one and every window on the canvas is arranged at once. Alt + 1–6 and Alt + 9 switch layouts straight from the keyboard.
Open the auto-layout menu from herePick a number and every window on the canvas is arranged at once
Drag & Drop
Hover a window and a pill-shaped toolbar floats above it; press and hold the grip on its left to drag the window — a purple dashed outline previews where it will land. To resize, grab any of the four corner handles; the grid size is shown in the middle while you drag.
Hold the grip on the far left to drag the window; the chat window on the right has one extra button to open chat in a new tabGreen = drag handle; red circles = corner resize
Custom Layouts
Arrange windows the way you like, open the layout menu, switch to the "Custom" tab and press "Save current layout" to name and keep it — or use the one-click save button on the Dynamic Island. Apply or delete saved layouts anytime in Favorites Manager → Layout Manager.
Save the current canvas arrangement straight to favoritesArrange windows, then press "Save current layout"Saved layouts appear in the custom listPreview thumbnails, then apply or delete saved layouts
Layout rules: swap, push and backfill
The canvas never lets windows overlap, which gives you three behaviours to know about. First: drop one window on top of another and the two swap places and sizes — the target lights up with a green ring before you let go, so wait for the ring. Second: as you enlarge a window its neighbours step aside; where they are going is drawn as a blue dashed outline first, and they only actually move when you release (they deliberately stay put while you drag, otherwise the video stutters). Third: close a window and the neighbours fill the gap it leaves, giving the extra room to video rather than to chat.
New to MultiStream Hub? This guide walks you through adding your first stream from a URL, then searching channels, switching layouts, and integrating chat.
