Hi David, there is a simple work around for this making default view as list view for the assets,
just overlay /libs/dam/gui/content/assets/jcr:content/views/list and under /apps/dam/gui/content/assets/jcr:content/views/list
add a property sling:orderBefore , something like below
name : sling:orderBefore String card
the XML looks something like this
<views jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured">
<list
jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"
sling:orderBefore="card"/>
</views>
Thank you
Kedarnath Varadi