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    Window.ondeviceorientation

    SummaryEdit

    An event handler for the deviceorientation event, which contains information about a relative device orientation change.

    SyntaxEdit

    window.ondeviceorientation = function(event) { ... };
window.addEventListener('deviceorientation', function(event) { ... });

    SpecificationsEdit

    Specification Status Comment
    Device Orientation Events Working Draft Initial specification.

    Browser compatibilityEdit

    Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari (WebKit)
    Basic support 7.0 [1] 6 [2] ? ? ?

    [1] Before version 50, Chrome provided absolute values instead of relative values for this event. Developers still needing absolute values may use the ondeviceorientationabsolute event.

    [2] Firefox 3.6, 4, and 5 supported mozOrientation instead of the standard DeviceOrientationEvent interface

    See alsoEdit

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