Here is part of the 'prototype', currently working in iOS, Android,
BlackBerry WebWorks and WP7.
CB.rotation = {
current:function(val) {
if(val) {
// TODO:
}
else {
return window.orientation;
}
}
};
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Brian LeRoux <[email protected]> wrote:
> +1
>
> This feels more correct to me too. Think Jesse has begun a prototype.
>
>
> >> Most probably providing a another function for forcing an orientation
> >> would help to solve that problem. So setting "allowed" orientations does
> >> nothing but affect future orientation changes, whereas forcing an
> >> orientation does it right now.
> >>
> >
> > That sounds good. That means we don't have to describe one of the
> "allowed"
> > orientations as "the one that will be forced right now", even though
> > presumably it would be the first listed. It also gives us more wiggle
> room,
> > perhaps allowing platforms to support "allowed" rotations without
> supporting
> > "force it right now" rotations. Easier to describe the platform
> deviations
> > that way - the function works or doesn't, not half-way. It also means we
> > can have a corresponding getter, to get the current orientation, keeping
> > everything simple and symmetric.
> >
> > // get the current rotation, returns 0|90|...
> > CB.rotation.current()
> >
> > // set the current rotation, value is 0|90|...
> > CB.rotation.current(value)
> >
> > // get the current allowed rotations, returns array of 0|90|...
> > CB.rotation.allowed()
> >
> > // set the current allowed rotations, value is array of 0|90|...
> > CB.rotation.allowed(value)
>
