I don't know whether the default can be changed, but a simple solution would be to just import the picture while the frame is not selected. It will therefore be "detached" and you can move it to wherever you wish.

Geoff

When I add a picture to a text frame, the anchor icon bottom right of the picture comes in with a default to float the picture with the text movement.  It has an option to change to "detach" text from the picture.  I always detach because I want to keep the picture in place in the text frame even with text changing.

I was wondering if there is way to make "detach from text" the default when inserting a picture in a text frame?  I've tried using the "update object default" with no success.

Thanks for any thoughts.  I'm using X5.

Walt