Web/CSS/@media/orientation

The orientation CSS media feature can be used to test the orientation of the viewport (or the page box, for paged media).

Note: This feature does not correspond to device orientation. Opening the soft keyboard on many devices in portrait orientation will cause the viewport to become wider than it is tall, thereby causing the browser to use landscape styles instead of portrait.

Syntax

The orientation feature is specified as a keyword value chosen from the list below.

Keyword values

portrait: The viewport is in a portrait orientation, i.e., the height is greater than or equal to the width.
landscape: The viewport is in a landscape orientation, i.e., the width is greater than the height.

Examples

HTML

<div>Box 1</div>
<div>Box 2</div>
<div>Box 3</div>

CSS

body {
  display: flex;
}

div {
  background: yellow;
}

@media (orientation: landscape) {
  body {
    flex-direction: row;
  }
}

@media (orientation: portrait) {
  body {
    flex-direction: column;
  }
}

Result

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Media Queries Level 4The definition of 'orientation' in that specification.	Candidate Recommendation	No change.
Media QueriesThe definition of 'orientation' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

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
`orientation` media feature	Chrome Full support 3	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 2	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support 10.6	Safari Full support 5	WebView Android Full support ≤37	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support 11	Safari iOS Full support 4.2	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0

Legend

Full support: Full support

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