orientation

Type String
Mandatory No

The orientation member defines the default orientation for all the website's top-level browsing contexts.

Note: orientation and/or its specific values might not be supported by a user agent on various display modes because supporting them does not make sense for the particular context.

Note: The orientation can be changed at runtime via the Screen Orientation API.

Values

orientation can take one of the following values:

  • any
  • natural
  • landscape
  • landscape-primary
  • landscape-secondary
  • portrait
  • portrait-primary
  • portrait-secondary

Examples

  "orientation": "portrait-primary"

Specification

Specification Status Comment Feedback

Web App Manifest
The definition of 'orientation' in that specification.

Working Draft

Initial definition.

Web App Manifest Working Group drafts

Browser compatibility

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DesktopMobile
ChromeEdgeFirefoxInternet ExplorerOperaSafariAndroid webviewChrome for AndroidFirefox for AndroidOpera for AndroidSafari on iOSSamsung Internet
orientation
Experimental
Chrome ? Edge ? Firefox ? IE ? Opera ? Safari ? WebView Android ? Chrome Android ? Firefox Android ? Opera Android ? Safari iOS ? Samsung Internet Android ?

Legend

Compatibility unknown  
Compatibility unknown
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.