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orientationchange

The orientationchange event is fired when the orientation of the device has changed.

General info

Specification: Compatibility Living Standard
Interface: Event
Bubbles: No
Cancelable: No
Target: Screen
Default Action: None

Properties

Property	Type	Description
`target` Read only	`EventTarget`	The event target (the topmost target in the DOM tree).
`type` Read only	`DOMString`	The type of event.
`bubbles` Read only	`Boolean`	Whether the event normally bubbles or not.
`cancelable` Read only	`Boolean`	Whether the event is cancellable or not.

Example

// Note that "orientationchange" and screen.orientation are unpre fixed in the following
// code although this API is still vendor-prefixed browsers implementing it.
window.addEventListener("orientationchange", function() {
    alert("the orientation of the device is now " + screen.orientation.angle);
});

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