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Asked: May 11, 20262026-05-11T18:38:38+00:00 2026-05-11T18:38:38+00:00

I’m writing a web site targeted at the iPhone. I’d like to set a

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I’m writing a web site targeted at the iPhone. I’d like to set a class on the <body> element when the iPhone’s orientation changes (i.e. when the user turns the phone into landscape and/or portrait mode).

Can I detect this change via JavaScript? Is there an event for this?

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    2026-05-11T18:38:39+00:00Added an answer on May 11, 2026 at 6:38 pm

    Yup, via the onorientationchange event and the window.orientation property.

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    (On platforms other than iOS, the ScreenOrientation API is used instead.)

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