There's no current spec for this, but it's on our plate: http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/wiki/CharterChanges#Additions_Agreed
--tobie On 2/8/12 3:06 AM, "Michael[tm] Smith" <[email protected]> wrote: >About portrait-landscape auto rotation on current mobile/tablet >browsers/platforms: If a user has auto rotation set on their mobile or >tablet, I know it's possible for a particular native application to >override that setting and stay in whatever screen orientation it wants. > >My question is if it is currently possible for a Web application to do the >same thing; that is, to prevent the browser on the device from >auto-rotating into a different mode. > > --Mike > >-- >Michael[tm] Smith >http://people.w3.org/mike/+ >
