# Add a "replaceSpotlight" method

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/add-a-replacespotlight-method/42768>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [February 8, 2021, 4:00am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/add-a-replacespotlight-method/42768 "2021-02-08T04:00:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![richard1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/richard1/32/5472_2.png) [@richard1](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/richard1)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 4:00am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/add-a-replacespotlight-method/42768/1 "2021-02-08T04:00:19Z")

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With the new multi spotlight feature we appear to be missing a call to simply replace all spotlit users with a single new user. I believe this feature is in the vanilla client

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**Author:** ![kwillems](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/kwillems/32/5901_2.png) [@kwillems](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/kwillems)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/add-a-replacespotlight-method/42768/2 "2021-02-08T15:40:51Z")

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I would like to support this request.

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**Author:** ![richard1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/richard1/32/5472_2.png) [@richard1](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/richard1)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/add-a-replacespotlight-method/42768/3 "2021-02-26T16:11:48Z")

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Hello

Just to prod for a response on this - the lack of replaceSpotlight (and replacePin) is causing problems for our users - especially coupled with the fact that on macOS it seems to be impossible to call spotlight events more often than around once every 0.8 seconds - calling more quickly causes very unreliable results (all of which have a happy success message returned which is unhelpful!)

This means that at the moment to replicate “replace spotlight” takes about 1 second to achieve which is not nice.

Thanks

Richard

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**Author:** ![bantupit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/bantupit/32/24711_2.png) [@bantupit](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/bantupit)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2021, 12:56am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/add-a-replacespotlight-method/42768/4 "2021-03-18T00:56:10Z")

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Agreed, @richard1. It’s frustrating that calling spotlight events require a significant delay. In my usage, I have actively moved away from spotlighting because of the 7-second delay to spotlight 9 users.

Please update us on how we can achieve this functionality without delaying calls.