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screen.orientation

This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The Screen.orientation property give the current orientation of the screen.

Syntax

var orientation = window.screen.orientation;

Return value

An instance of ScreenOrientation representing the orientation of the screen.

Example

var orientation = screen.msOrientation || (screen.orientation || screen.mozOrientation || {}).type;

if (orientation === "landscape-primary") {
  console.log("That looks good.");
} else if (orientation === "landscape-secondary") {
  console.log("Mmmh... the screen is upside down!");
} else if (orientation === "portrait-secondary" || orientation === "portrait-primary") {
  console.log("Mmmh... you should rotate your device to landscape");
} else if (orientation === undefined) {
 console.log("The orientation API isn't supported in this browser :("); 
}

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
Screen Orientation API
The definition of 'Screen Orientation' in that specification.
Working Draft Initial definition

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

Desktop
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari
Basic support 38 ? Yes
Yes
Yes
Prefixed
Prefixed Implemented with the vendor prefix: moz
11
Prefixed
11
Prefixed
Prefixed Implemented with the vendor prefix: ms
Not supported on Windows 7.
25 No
Mobile
Android webview Chrome for Android Edge Mobile Firefox for Android Opera for Android iOS Safari Samsung Internet
Basic support No 39 ? Yes
Yes
Yes
Prefixed
Prefixed Implemented with the vendor prefix: moz
No No ?

See also

© 2005–2018 Mozilla Developer Network and individual contributors.
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/screen/orientation