--- title: "Enable Spotlight feature" slug: "enabling-spotlight-feature" updated: 2026-03-03T14:36:55Z published: 2026-03-03T14:36:55Z canonical: "support.whatfix.com/enabling-spotlight-feature" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.whatfix.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Enable Spotlight feature The Spotlight feature is used in a Flow step to get the user to focus on an element and the Flow content while the rest of the screen is blacked out. When Spotlight is enabled, the end user is restricted to click only the element that completes the step. The end user cannot interact with other elements on the page. ![spotlightfeature.png](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/spotlightfeature.png) --- Spotlight is enabled for individual steps in Flows in two instances: - [While creating a Flow](/docs/enabling-spotlight-feature#while-creating-flow) - [After creating a Flow](/docs/enabling-spotlight-feature#after-creating-flow) Info: If you want to enable Spotlight for all the steps in multiple Flows, see [Enable Spotlight for multiple Flows](/docs/enabling-spotlight-feature#Enable-Spotlight-for-multiple-Flows). ## While creating a Flow 1. Log in to the application where you want to create content, and then launch the **Whatfix Studio**. ![CLM_editor plug in2](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/CLM_editor%20plug%20in%282%29.png) 2. Click **Flow**. ![Studio_Click_Flow](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/Click_Flow%281%29.png) 3. Enter the name of the Flow as you want it displayed to the users. ![Studio_Enter_Flow_Name](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/Enter_Flow_Name.png) 4. Click **Add Step**. ![Studio_Click_Add_Step](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/Click_Add_Step.png) 5. Under **Choose step type**, select the Flow step type. ![Switch over to the Flow step types from the dialog box that appears ](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/Studio_Flow_Step%20Types_Switch.png) Note: - With the Flow enhancement feature, you have the option to select two types of Flow steps, and not just element latching Flows. A dialog box appears on the application to highlight the two types of Flows. Under **Choose step type**, select a Flow step based on your requirements: either **Attached to element** or **Free-floating**. ![Studio switcher enables you to switch between 2 flow types: element-attached flow types and free-floating flow types](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/Studio_Switcher_Flow_Types.png) | Attached to element | Free-floating | | --- | --- | | When you select this type of Flow step, it remains attached to an element on your application. | When you select this type of Flow step, it remains flexibly positioned devoid of any element attachment. | - You also have the option to select a default template by clicking **Set as Default** for all the subsequent steps in a Flow. If you change the default step at an enterprise (ENT) level, it appears the same for all the users using that ENT. - For more information, see [Free-floating Flows](/studio/docs/free-floating-flows) and [Create a Free-floating Flow step](/studio/docs/create-free-floating-flows). - Free-floating Flows is currently Beta. Contact [support@whatfix.com](http://mailto:support@whatfix.com?subject=Enable%20Free-floating%20Flow%20step%20&body=Hi%0A%0AI%20would%20like%20to%20explore%20the%20new%20Free-floating%20Flow%20step%20type.%20Kindly%20enable%20it%20on%20my%20ENT%0A%0AThanks) for more information. 1. Click the desired element on the page that the user needs to select. ![Create_Flow_Leads_Click](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/Create_Flow_Leads_Click.png) 1. Click **Advanced Options**. ![Click Advanced options on Flow steps ](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/Studio_FlowSteps_Advancedoptions.png) 2. Under **More Options**, enable the **Show as spotlight** toggle. ![Studio_enablespotlight](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/2024-10-18_10-28-03%281%29.png) 3. Once enabled, you have two options to personalize the Spotlight based on your needs. ![Studio_Configure_Spotlight](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/2024-10-18_10-29-04.png) - **Opacity of overlay**: It is used to configure the opacity of the Spotlight. - **Hide spotlight on hover**: It disables Spotlight when the user hovers their cursor over the selected element. The option is ideal for drop-down elements where hovering over it shows multiple options. --- ## After creating a flow 1. On the Whatfix Guidance dashboard, click **Content**. ![ia_left_nav_content](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/ia_left_nav_content.png) 2. Click **Flows**. ![ia_left%20nav_flows](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/ia_left%20nav_flows.png) 3. Hover your cursor over the Flow you want to update, and then click the **Edit** icon. ![Desktop_Click_edit](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/Desktop_Click_edit.png) 4. Go to the step and then click the **Edit** icon. ![Dashboard_flow_edit_option](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/Dashboard_flow_edit_option.png) 1. Click **Advanced Options**. ![Click Advanced options on Flow steps ](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/Studio_FlowSteps_Advancedoptions.png) 2. Under **More Options**, enable the **Show as spotlight** toggle. ![Studio_enablespotlight](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/2024-10-18_10-28-03%281%29.png) 3. Once enabled, you have two options to personalize the Spotlight based on your needs. ![Studio_Configure_Spotlight](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/2024-10-18_10-29-04.png) - **Opacity of overlay**: It is used to configure the opacity of the Spotlight. - **Hide spotlight on hover**: It disables Spotlight when the user hovers their cursor over the selected element. The option is ideal for drop-down elements where hovering over it shows multiple options. 1. Click **Save** once you complete editing the Flow. ![Image](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/Dashboard_flow_edit_save.png) --- ## Enable Spotlight for multiple Flows Whatfix also enables you to use the Spotlight feature for all the steps in multiple Flows using the **spotlight** tag. Spotlight is enabled for all the steps in flows to which the tag is added. Use the following steps to enable the spotlight feature in multiple Flows: 1. On the Whatfix Guidance dashboard, click **Content**. ![click_content1](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/click_content%281%29.png) 2. Click **All Content**. ![Click_All_Content](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/Click_All_Content.png) 3. Select the checkboxes next to the content you want to tag. ![CLM_DB_Select_Flow_Checkbox.png](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/CLM_DB_Select_Flow_Checkbox.png) 4. Click the **Tags** icon. ![2023-05-24_09-56-28.png](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/2023-05-24_09-56-28.png) 1. Click **Manage Tags**. ![Image](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/tags_click_manage_tags.png) 2. In the dialog box, search and add the tag **spotlight**. ![RB_dashboard_flow_tag_spotlight](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/RB_dashboard_flow_tag_spotlight.png) 3. Click **Update**. ![Update tags for Flows on Dashboard ](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/Dashboard_Flows_Spotlight_TagsUpdate.png) Note: - If the Spotlight tag is added to a Flow and the spotlight is also manually disabled for a step in the UI, then the spotlight for that step does not appear. The step level configuration has precedence over the tag. The precedence for spotlight is explained below. **Advanced Customization > Step level Spotlight configuration > Spotlight tag** - The spotlight feature works only on Flows. PDF, video, article formats that are generated from the Flow do not display the spotlight. - If the multi-select feature is used to select multiple elements and Spotlight is enabled for that step, it will apply only to the first selected element. ## Related - [Flow](/flow.md)