Screen: orientationchange event

Deprecated

Avoid using this feature in new projects. This feature may be a candidate for removal from web standards or browsers.

Non-standard: This feature is not standardized. We do not recommend using non-standard features in production, as they have limited browser support, and may change or be removed. However, they can be a suitable alternative in specific cases where no standard option exists.

The orientationchange event fires when the device's orientation has changed.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

js
addEventListener("orientationchange", (event) => { })

onorientationchange = (event) => { }

Event type

A generic Event.

Specifications

This feature is not part of any specification. It is no longer on track to becoming a standard.

Use the ScreenOrientation change event instead.

Browser compatibility

See also