orientationchange() on windows phone browser

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is there a way to capture an orientation change event in Windows phone 7 in the browser?

in Android and iOS there is the onOrientationchange() event - but in Windows mobile IE9 (Windows phone 7) it just don't work...

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 20 '13 at 08:43

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if (navigator.userAgent.match(/Windows Phone/i)) { window.onresize = function (event) { ... } }

window.onorientationchange = function () { ... }

answered Feb 20 '13 at 08:43

Assaf

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This does not work neither. On my Nokia Lumia 710 (WP7.5) there is no rotation. Page is only stretched to width when I rotate it to landscape. (T_T) – Radek Pech Feb 06 '14 at 10:21
window.onresize = function (event) { window.alert(3);} Confirming event fires on my HTC HD7 when changing orientation. Also fires in HTC HD7 emulator. – John Feb 13 '14 at 22:27

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 21 '14 at 23:20

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You could use a window.resize event as suggested by @Assaf, and detect the orientation with window.styleMedia.matchMedium("(orientation: landscape)");

matchMedium, is the non-standard Webkit precursor of HTML5 matchMedia supported in IE9.

answered Feb 21 '14 at 23:20

hexalys

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 07 '11 at 15:03

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Unfortunately it doesn't look like you can. You could use some javascript to detect changes to the screen width though to emulate similar behaviour

answered Dec 07 '11 at 15:03

Jordan Wallwork

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thanks! I also found this : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7280579/detecting-orientation-of-windows-phone it basically says what you wrote... – gmadar Dec 07 '11 at 15:08

orientationchange() on windows phone browser

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