Sharepoint 2010 Picture library uses some specific JavaScript for Image Libraries (/_layouts/1033/imglib.js). One of the functionality is to switch the view style from one of the 3 styles provided (Details, Thumbnails and FilmStrip) to another. You can set the default view to All Pictures, Selected Pictures or to your custom view. But you can't change the default view style as this is controlled by Javascript. A simple workaround to make the 'filmstrip' view style as default is defined as below.
1. Create a Javascript file (call it filmstripvew.js) that paste the following content :
<script>SwitchViewStyle('filmstrip');</script >
2. Upload it into a document library that could reside in your root site of your sitecollection
3. Create a Content editor webpart and refer to the path of the Javascript file you uploaded and add it on the same page where you have the picture library.
4. Make sure that the content editor webpart Zone Level (2) is higher than the Picture Library Zone Level (1).
5. Step 4 is to make sure that we make the Javascript call right after rendering the Picture Library view
1. Create a Javascript file (call it filmstripvew.js) that paste the following content :
<script>SwitchViewStyle('filmstrip');</script >
2. Upload it into a document library that could reside in your root site of your sitecollection
3. Create a Content editor webpart and refer to the path of the Javascript file you uploaded and add it on the same page where you have the picture library.
4. Make sure that the content editor webpart Zone Level (2) is higher than the Picture Library Zone Level (1).
5. Step 4 is to make sure that we make the Javascript call right after rendering the Picture Library view