Live Share
button in your status bar to start a new collaboration session, and invite the developers you'd like to collaborate with.Make sure the developers you're collaborating with also have the VS Live Share Audio extension installed. For the easiest onboarding experience, refer them to the VS Live Share Extension Pack, which includes everything they'll need to get started.
Session Details
view, and click the Start audio call..
node in the tree to start a new call.Audio Call Participants
node in the Session Details
view, which indicates you're in a call, and whether or not you're muted (via the speaker icon to the left of your name). To mute/unmute yourself, click the speaker button to the right of your name.Audio Call Participants
node, to bring up a picklist of management options:Security Tip: Want to understand the security implications of some of Live Share's features? Check out the security article.
Note: If you have not yet installed the Live Share extension, you'll be presented with links to the extension marketplace. Install the extension and restart your tool and retry.
Option | Behavior |
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OnHoverOnly | The flag is only visible when you hover over the cursor. |
OnHoverOrActivity | This is the default. The flag is visible on hover or if the participant edits, highlights, or moves their cursor. |
Always | The flag is always visible. |
Option | Behavior |
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Automatic | The default. As a guest, you'll automatically join any shared debugging session the host starts. |
Prompted | As a guest, you are prompted as to whether you want to join a shared debugging session when it is started by the host. |
Manual | As a guest, you'll need to manually join any debugging sessions. See detaching and reattaching. |
State | Button | Description |
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Inactive | No active collaboration session and nothing is shared. | |
Host: Sharing In-Progress | A collaboration session is starting and content sharing will begin shortly. | |
Host: Sharing | A collaboration session is active and content is shared. | |
Host: Sharing Read-only | Sharing a read-only collaboration session. | |
Guest: Joining Session | Joining an existing collaboration session. | |
Guest: Joined | Joined and connected to an active collaboration session and receiving shared content. | |
Guest: Joined Read-only | Joined and connected to an active read-only collaboration session. |