Delete or move a layout (custom channel)
Your custom channel can have multiple layouts. It's simple to re-order layouts or erase layouts you're not using any more.
Reorder layouts
To move a layout:
- Login to the Admin panel as admin. See Connect to the Admin panel.
- Follow the steps in Custom channel layout editor or Create a local custom channel or layout to get to the channel layout editor.
- Using the rows in the layout selector, click and drag to rearrange the order of your layouts.
Delete layouts
You can delete any layout except the currently active layout.
If you're planning to use live switching, we strongly recommend you rename the channel rather than using the default channel name (Rename a channel). See the note at the bottom of this topic to avoid streaming and recording issues resulting from adding or deleting layouts when live switching.
To delete a layout:
- Login to the Admin panel as admin. See Connect to the Admin panel.
- Follow the steps in Custom channel layout editor to get to the channel layout editor.
- Click the X at the left side of the row for the layout you wish to delete; the system prompts you to make sure you want to delete the layout.
- Click OK to proceed; the layout is deleted.
Important note for channels with multiple layouts
By default (and historically), Networked VGA Grid's channels are named automatically based on the content in the channel.
When a channel has only one layout, and that layout has only one source (regardless of whether or not there are pictures or overlays in the layout), the channel name is the same as the source name.
For example: By default, a channel with one layout that has
When you add a second layout to a channel, the channel name changes to a generic name Channel X (where X is the channel index number). Normally this wouldn't pose any problem, but the changing name does have some side effects: the stream is stopped and restarted, and the channel's recorder (if recording) is stopped and a new file is started.
Furthermore, when you delete layouts in a channel until there is only one layout (with one source) left, the channel name reverts to the source name.
To avoid any issue with changing channel names on channels where you'll have more than one layout, we strongly recommend you rename the channel to a custom name (Rename a channel. This will ensure no automatic channel name changes.
