In a Teams meeting, is it possible to turn the Gallery view OFF?

Anonymous
2021-06-04T16:12:06+00:00

In a Teams meeting, is it possible to turn the Gallery view OFF (in the same way that the Participant list can be displayed/hidden)?

Gallery view is great for a multi-party conversation. But when I'm viewing a presentation and the presenter is doing a screen share, I find little value in watching other attendees drink their coffee, scratch their nose, and generally engage in monkey-grooming behavior as if they were looking in a mirror and not a camera.

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-07-01T05:13:26+00:00

    Not only is the "Focus" option not persistent from call to call -- if the presenter stops presenting and then resumes presenting later in the call, you have to turn on Focus again - otherwise you're back to the gallery view and watching your fellow attendees pick their noses.

    How do we make this a feature request? At the least, Focus should be a persistent option setting. Even better, we should have the ability to block other attendees' cameras. The fact that Teams gives users the ability to broadcast their camera should not force me to be a captive audience.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-09-02T13:17:03+00:00

    Agree with this. As far as UI design goes, if there is a checked menu item that is enabled, in this case Gallery, you should be able to uncheck it. I appreciate that Focus will work for what I need though it is non-persistent and also not intuitive since there is already a Gallery menu item.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-11-10T15:20:32+00:00

    I also want to turn the gallery off completely. "Focus" just moves the Gallery to the side or top of the screen. I want it gone so the presenter's screen fills the entire window. Switching to full screen does not get rid of the Gallery sidebar.

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-11-10T15:29:10+00:00

    Thank you, this worked. Not very intuitive though.

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