orientationchange event

Fires when the device is rotated.

Syntax

HTML Attribute	<element orientationchange = "handler(event)">
Event Property	object.orientationchange = handler;
addEventListener Method	object.addEventListener("orientationchange", handler, useCapture)

Event information

Synchronous	No
Bubbles	No
Cancelable	No

Event handler parameters

handler

Type: Function

Event handler

Standards information

There are no standards that apply here.

Remarks

For interoperability purposes, Internet Explorer for Windows Phone 8.1 Update supports the orientationchange event and the window.orientation property to determine the orientation of the device.