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jQuery event that fires when the orientation (portrait, landscape) of a mobile device changes
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orientationChange.js
window.addEventListener("orientationchange", function() {
alert(window.orientation);
//do whatever you want on orientation change here
}, false);
@Shahor
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Shahor commented Apr 26, 2015

Just came here to say there is no jQuery usage whatsoever in this snippet. I have no idea why you talk about jQuery here.

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stuff commented Apr 26, 2015

agreed :p

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biesior commented Sep 3, 2020 •
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agreed, also keep in mind that you have 3-rd orientation to handle: square

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