ScreenOrientation: lock() method
Limited availability
This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.
The lock()
method of the ScreenOrientation
interface locks the orientation of the containing document to the specified orientation.
Typically orientation locking is only enabled on mobile devices, and when the browser context is full screen. If locking is supported, then it must work for all the parameter values listed below.
Syntax
lock(orientation)
Parameters
orientation
-
An orientation lock type. One of the following:
"any"
-
Any of
portrait-primary
,portrait-secondary
,landscape-primary
orlandscape-secondary
. "natural"
-
The natural orientation of the screen from the underlying operating system: either
portrait-primary
orlandscape-primary
. "landscape"
-
An orientation where screen width is greater than the screen height. Depending on the platform convention, this may be
landscape-primary
,landscape-secondary
, or both. "portrait"
-
An orientation where screen height is greater than the screen width. Depending on the platform convention, this may be
portrait-primary
,portrait-secondary
, or both. "portrait-primary"
-
The "primary" portrait mode. If the natural orientation is a portrait mode (screen height is greater than width), this will be the same as the natural orientation, and correspond to an angle of 0 degrees. If the natural orientation is a landscape mode, then the user agent can choose either portrait orientation as the
portrait-primary
andportrait-secondary
; one of those will be assigned the angle of 90 degrees and the other will have an angle of 270 degrees. "portrait-secondary"
-
The secondary portrait orientation. If the natural orientation is a portrait mode, this will have an angle of 180 degrees (in other words, the device is upside down relative to its natural orientation). If the natural orientation is a landscape mode, this can be either orientation as selected by the user agent: whichever was not selected for
portrait-primary
. "landscape-primary"
-
The "primary" landscape mode. If the natural orientation is a landscape mode (screen width is greater than height), this will be the same as the natural orientation, and correspond to an angle of 0 degrees. If the natural orientation is a portrait mode, then the user agent can choose either landscape orientation as the
landscape-primary
with an angle of either 90 or 270 degrees (landscape-secondary
will be the other orientation and angle). "landscape-secondary"
-
The secondary landscape mode. If the natural orientation is a landscape mode, this orientation is upside down relative to the natural orientation, and will have an angle of 180 degrees. If the natural orientation is a portrait mode, this can be either orientation as selected by the user agent: whichever was not selected for
landscape-primary
.
Return value
A Promise
that resolves after locking succeeds.
Exceptions
The promise may be rejected with the following exceptions:
InvalidStateError
DOMException
-
Thrown if the document is not fully active.
SecurityError
DOMException
-
Thrown if the document's visibility state is hidden or if the document is forbidden to use the feature (for example, by omitting the keyword
allow-orientation-lock
of thesandbox
attribute of theiframe
element). NotSupportedError
DOMException
-
Thrown if the user agent does not support locking the screen orientation of the specific orientation.
AbortError
DOMException
-
Thrown if there is any other
lock()
method invoking.
Examples
This example shows how to lock the screen to the opposite orientation of the current one. Note that this example will only work on mobile devices and other devices that support orientation changes.
<div id="example_container">
<button id="fullscreen_button">Fullscreen</button>
<button id="lock_button">Lock</button>
<button id="unlock_button">Unlock</button>
<textarea id="log" rows="7" cols="85"></textarea>
</div>
const log = document.getElementById("log");
// Lock button: Lock the screen to the other orientation (rotated by 90 degrees)
const rotate_btn = document.querySelector("#lock_button");
rotate_btn.addEventListener("click", () => {
log.textContent += `Lock pressed \n`;
const oppositeOrientation = screen.orientation.type.startsWith("portrait")
? "landscape"
: "portrait";
screen.orientation
.lock(oppositeOrientation)
.then(() => {
log.textContent = `Locked to ${oppositeOrientation}\n`;
})
.catch((error) => {
log.textContent += `${error}\n`;
});
});
// Unlock button: Unlock the screen orientation (if locked)
const unlock_btn = document.querySelector("#unlock_button");
unlock_btn.addEventListener("click", () => {
log.textContent += "Unlock pressed \n";
screen.orientation.unlock();
});
// Full screen button: Set the example to fullscreen.
const fullscreen_btn = document.querySelector("#fullscreen_button");
fullscreen_btn.addEventListener("click", () => {
log.textContent += "Fullscreen pressed \n";
const container = document.querySelector("#example_container");
container.requestFullscreen().catch((error) => {
log.textContent += `${error}\n`;
});
});
To test the example, first press the Fullscreen button. Once the example is full screen, press the Lock button to switch the orientation, and Unlock to return to the natural orientation.
Specifications
Specification |
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Screen Orientation # dom-screenorientation-lock |
Browser compatibility
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