In case it's needed; use case: User is drawing a sketch on their mobile phone and their rotation is intentional as if they are working with a physical piece of paper.
-Charles On Feb 7, 2012, at 11:17 PM, Tobie Langel <to...@fb.com> wrote: > There's no current spec for this, but it's on our plate: > > http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/wiki/CharterChanges#Additions_Agreed > > > --tobie > > On 2/8/12 3:06 AM, "Michael[tm] Smith" <m...@w3.org> wrote: > >> About portrait-landscape auto rotation on current mobile/tablet >> browsers/platforms: If a user has auto rotation set on their mobile or >> tablet, I know it's possible for a particular native application to >> override that setting and stay in whatever screen orientation it wants. >> >> My question is if it is currently possible for a Web application to do the >> same thing; that is, to prevent the browser on the device from >> auto-rotating into a different mode. >> >> --Mike >> >> -- >> Michael[tm] Smith >> http://people.w3.org/mike/+ >> > >