Finder question

Hi,

I recently bought a newer mac running Monterey. I notice a few things that are different in the finder windows and am wondering if I can adjust them.

1) In the "gallery view" items in a folder appear at the bottom as icons which are very small. In previous versions the individual items were in a list and you were able to use a slider to adjust the size of the icons/gallery view. In the newer gallery the icons go sideways and it's a lot harder to scroll through numerous items.

2) In the list view I notice it doesn't always remember how a finder window appeared previously. For example, my documents folder has a lot of items. Every time I open that folder it appears small and I need to adjust it to see all the items. I find that other finder windows/folders don't do this.

Thanks for your help.

Gary