This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
An event handler for the orientationchange
events sent to the screen object.
Syntax
screen.onorientationchange = funcRef;
Where funcRef
is a reference to a function.
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
Screen Orientation API | Working Draft | Initial definition |
Browser compatibility
Feature | Chrome | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | No support | (Yes) moz[1] | No support | No support | No support |
Feature | Android | Chrome for Android | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | IE Mobile | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | No support | No support | (Yes) moz[1] | No support | No support | No support |
[1] This API is only implemented as a prefixed method (onmozorientationchange
) in B2G and Firefox for Android.