Understanding Orientation

Intent

The intent of this Success Criterion is to ensure that all content and functionality is available regardless of the display orientation (portrait or landscape). Some websites and applications automatically set the screen to a particular display orientation and expect that users will respond by rotating their device to match. However, some users have their devices mounted in a fixed orientation (e.g. on the arm of a power wheelchair). Therefore, websites and applications need to support both orientations by making sure content and functionality is available in each orientation. While the order of content and method of functionality may have differences the content and functionality is available. When a particular orientation is essential, the user needs to be advised of the orientation requirements.

Benefits

Examples

Resources

Techniques

Each numbered item in this section represents a technique or combination of techniques that the WCAG Working Group deems sufficient for meeting this Success Criterion. However, it is not necessary to use these particular techniques. For information on using other techniques, see Understanding Techniques for WCAG Success Criteria, particularly the "Other Techniques" section.

Sufficient

Failure