# Always default to Speaker view **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [July 29, 2021, 8:44am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/always-default-to-speaker-view/54919 "2021-07-29T08:44:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ncwick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/ncwick/32/27120_2.png) [@ncwick](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/ncwick)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 8:44am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/always-default-to-speaker-view/54919/1 "2021-07-29T08:44:22Z")
**Description** My requirement is to keep the attendee always on [Speaker view] than switching between [Gallery view]. > [@Gallery View as Default (Web SDK)](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/gallery-view-as-default-web-sdk/50658): > > Hi, One sought after feature for the Web SDK is to have the ability to enable gallery view by default, or to be able to programmatically switch between gallery and speaker view. Some examples of how this could be implemented can be found below. Upon Initialisation Add an additional ‘viewLayout’ property which can either be ‘gallery’ or ‘as’. By default, ‘as’ will be set and will show the active speaker, as not to break any existing implementations. ZoomMtg.init({ viewLayout: 'gallery', /… This feature is requested but do you have any future plan to implement something like this? I tried a workaround to hide [Gallery view] item using JavaScript but it failed because the [View] button is auto hidden. **Which Web Client SDK version?** 1.9.5 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/3X/6/1/614bdd549b610bbaa46ff934617683a02bdaa03c.png) [@system](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/always-default-to-speaker-view/54919/2 "2021-08-28T18:44:58Z")
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