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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.
Additional meeting and call-related features and issues within Microsoft Teams for business
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Yesterday the "Focus on Content" behaved as expected: the presentation view was maximized to fill the screen, and the gallery was turned off.
I believe this has been fixed and is being rolled out server-side, as there was no update to my MS Teams app.
not according to my screenshot
Yea, it seems that a change has been made today! Now, the Gallery appears in a little squrre in either the bottom-right corner (or top-right if I select "Gallery at top").
This is MUCH better than the Gallery taking up about 300 pixels down the entire right side of the Teams Presenter window.
So...in summary: When I am watching someone present, and have the following settings checked: "Focus on content" & "Full screen", and that maximizes the real estate for the presenter's content (minus the small frame with my face). I still cannot turn Gallery off entirely, which would be my preference, but at lease I got some screen real estate back!
I don't understand why Mircosoft sees fit to show me my own face in the Gallery. Do they think I need to be reminded of what I look like? As if I don't see myself every moring and night in the mirror as I brush my teeth?!
Today, I no longer have that "Gallery" (from your screenshot) from the elipsis menu choices.
"I don't understand why Mircosoft sees fit to show me my own face in the Gallery. Do they think I need to be reminded of what I look like? As if I don't see myself every moring and night in the mirror as I brush my teeth?!"
Maybe to remind you to not pick your nose/teeth/whatever while your camera is turned on? :)