Web/API/Screen/onorientationchange

DeprecatedThis feature is no longer recommended. Though some browsers might still support it, it may have already been removed from the relevant web standards, may be in the process of being dropped, or may only be kept for compatibility purposes. Avoid using it, and update existing code if possible; see the compatibility table at the bottom of this page to guide your decision. Be aware that this feature may cease to work at any time.

Warning: This is a non-standard deprecated feature which was implemented only in Firefox under a different name. Use ScreenOrientation.onchange instead.

An event handler for the orientationchange events sent to the screen object.

Syntax

screen.onorientationchange = funcRef;

Where funcRef is a reference to a function.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Screen Orientation APIThe definition of 'onorientationchange' in that specification.	Working Draft	Initial definition (Not present in the draft anymore)

Browser compatibility

The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.

Update compatibility data on GitHub

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
onorientationchange	Chrome No support No	Edge No support ≤18 — 79 Alternate Name' No support ≤18 — 79 Alternate Name' Alternate Name' Uses the non-standard name: onmsorientationchange	Firefox No support No	IE No support No	Opera No support No	Safari No support No	WebView Android No support No	Chrome Android No support No	Firefox Android Full support Yes Alternate Name' Full support Yes Alternate Name' Alternate Name' Uses the non-standard name: onmozorientationchange	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android No support No

Legend

Full support  

Full support

No support  

No support

Uses a non-standard name.'

Uses a non-standard name.

See also

• orientationchange
• Managing screen orientation

Screen.onorientationchange by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.