Web/API/Window/ondeviceorientation

Summary

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

Syntax

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

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
DeviceOrientation Event Specification	Editor's Draft	Initial specification.

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Edge Mobile	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
Basic support Experimental'	Chrome Full support 7 Notes' Full support 7 Notes' Notes' Before version 50, Chrome provided absolute values instead of relative values for this event. Developers still needing absolute values may use the ondeviceorientationabsolute event.	Edge Full support Yes	Firefox Full support 6 Notes' Full support 6 Notes' Notes' Firefox 3.6, 4, and 5 supported mozOrientation instead of the standard DeviceOrientationEvent interface.	IE ?	Opera ?	Safari ?	WebView Android Full support Yes Notes' Full support Yes Notes' Notes' Before version 50, Chrome provided absolute values instead of relative values for this event. Developers still needing absolute values may use the ondeviceorientationabsolute event.	Chrome Android Full support Yes Notes' Full support Yes Notes' Notes' Before version 50, Chrome provided absolute values instead of relative values for this event. Developers still needing absolute values may use the ondeviceorientationabsolute event.	Edge Mobile Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support 6 Notes' Full support 6 Notes' Notes' Firefox 3.6, 4, and 5 supported mozOrientation instead of the standard DeviceOrientationEvent interface.	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS Full support 4.2	Samsung Internet Android ?
DeviceOrientationEvent() constructor Experimental'Non-standard'	Chrome Full support 59	Edge ?	Firefox ?	IE ?	Opera ?	Safari ?	WebView Android Full support 59	Chrome Android Full support 59	Edge Mobile ?	Firefox Android ?	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android ?
absolute Experimental'	Chrome Full support 7	Edge Full support Yes	Firefox Full support 6	IE ?	Opera ?	Safari ?	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Edge Mobile Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support 6	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS Full support 4.2	Samsung Internet Android ?
alpha Experimental'	Chrome Full support 7	Edge Full support Yes	Firefox Full support 6	IE ?	Opera ?	Safari ?	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Edge Mobile Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support 6	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS Full support 4.2	Samsung Internet Android ?
beta Experimental'	Chrome Full support 7	Edge Full support Yes	Firefox Full support 6	IE ?	Opera ?	Safari ?	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Edge Mobile Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support 6	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS Full support 4.2	Samsung Internet Android ?
gamma Experimental'	Chrome Full support 7	Edge Full support Yes	Firefox Full support 6	IE ?	Opera ?	Safari ?	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Edge Mobile Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support 6	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS Full support 4.2	Samsung Internet Android ?

Legend

Full support  

Full support

No support  

No support

Compatibility unknown  

Compatibility unknown

Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.'

Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.

Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.'

Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.

See implementation notes.'

See implementation notes.

See also

• deviceorientation
• DeviceOrientationEvent
• Detecting device orientation

Window.ondeviceorientation by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.