MSOrientationChange | onmsorientationchange event

Dispatched whenever a change in screen orientation occurs.

Syntax

HTML Attribute	<element onmsorientationchange = "handler(event)">
addEventListener Method	object.addEventListener("MSOrientationChange", handler, useCapture)

Event information

Synchronous	Yes
Bubbles	No
Cancelable	No

Event handler parameters

handler [in]

Type: Function

Function to execute when the event is dispatched.

Standards information

The Screen Orientation API

Remarks

MSOrientationChange event dispatches a simple Event object. From this, you can determine the current screen orientation from the msOrientation property of the screen object:

JavaScript


function orientationChangeHandler(evt) {
  var orientation = evt.target.msOrientation;
  // Respond to the screen orientation change
}