Screen: orientationchange event

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

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like {{domxref("EventTarget.addEventListener", "addEventListener()")}}, or set an event handler property.

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

onorientationchange = (event) => { }

Event type

A generic {{domxref("Event")}}.

Specifications

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

Use the ScreenOrientation {{domxref("ScreenOrientation.change_event", "change")}} event instead.

Browser compatibility

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See also

• Managing screen orientation