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There is no such option as "gallery layout" or "folders layout". There is the "gallery module", which controls layout of the images on a page, and there is the "folders module", which controls the layout of folders on a page. You don't "choose" on or the other, and none of them "wins" over the other. If you have IMAGES in a folder, they will display in the page with settings from the GALLERY LAYOUT. If you have FOLDERS in a page, they will display with settings the FOLDERS layout.

Here is a page with child FOLDERS, therefore settings from FOLDER module are displaying:
https://demo.photo.gallery/galleries/

Here is a page with IMAGES, therefore settings from GALLERY module are displaying:
https://demo.photo.gallery/galleries/nature/

If you have BOTH images AND subfolders on the same page (not normal), then the page will display both FOLDERS module and GALLERY module.