For a fully custom UI, please see createCallObject() or our blog post about React.

Room and meeting token properties

Many parts of the in-call experience can be customized by changing room or meeting token properties.

The following UI-related properties can be set at the room level, or using a meeting token. If a property is set for the room and also set in the meeting token, the meeting token setting takes precedence.

Properties that can be set at both room and meeting token level
`enable_screenshare`
`enable_recording`
`start_with_video_off`
`start_with_video_off`

These UI-related properties can be specified at the room level:

UI-related room properties
`enable_knocking`
`enable_chat`
`owner_only_broadcast`

And these UI-related properties can be configured using meeting tokens:

UI-related meeting token properties
`is_owner`
`start_cloud_recording_on_join`
`close_tab_on_meeting_exit`
`redirect_on_meeting_exit` (this can also be set at the domain level)

UI flows when a user leaves a meeting

Two properties control what happens when a user leaves a meeting from a standalone browser tab: close_tab_on_meeting_exit and redirect_on_meeting_exit.

If close_tab_on_meeting_exit is set to true, the browser tab closes when the user clicks the leave meeting button in the in-call menu bar.

If the redirect_on_meeting_exit property is set, the property value will be interpreted as a URL that the browser should redirect to when the user clicks the leave meeting button. A query string that includes the parameter recent_call=<domain>/<room> is appended to the URL.

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By default, there is no leave meeting button in the iframe embedded UI; you control that meeting flow with your own UI code outside the iframe. Or you can add a leave call button to the embedded UI with our Javascript API.

API plan level, and Daily branding

There are currently two different "flavors" of UX defaults for Daily rooms: with Daily branding (Free and Launch plan), and without Daily branding (Scale plan).

This applies to all of the following cases:

The room was created by an API call,
The call UI is embedded in an iframe,
The call was joined via a URL that includes a meeting token
The call was joined via a URL that includes theautojoin query parameter.
The room's autojoin property is set

To remove Daily branding, upgrade to the Scale plan. The free and Launch plans include Daily branding. (See API pricing plans.)

Here's a table listing the differences between the two different UX variants:

Meeting element	Free and Launch Plan	Scale Plan
`enable_chat`	default: `false`	default: `false`
`enable_screenshare`	default: `true`	default: `true`
`enable_recording`	not allowed	default: not enabled
`start_video_off`	default: `false`	default: `false`
`start_audio_off`	default: `false`	default: `false`
`enable_knocking`	default: `false`	default: `false`
`owner_only_broadcast`	default: `false`	default: `false`
top action/branding bar	Powered by Daily	none
browser warnings displayed	no	no
menu bar meeting invite info displayed	yes	yes
help menu/icon displayed	no	no
more-menu "shh" mode button	owner	owner
more-menu top branding	Daily branding	none

Daily API Developer Documentation

Daily Video Calls API Developer Documentation

Customizing the in-call UI

Room and meeting token properties

UI flows when a user leaves a meeting

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API plan level, and Daily branding

Customizing the in-call UI

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