Request fullscreen on orientation change

Allow web pages to request fullscreen while an orientation change event handler is running. This will allow pages to go fullscreen when the user turn their device.

Demo

• https://mounirlamouri.github.io/sandbox/fullscreen-orientation.html

Specification

Working draft or equivalent

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink

Enabled by default (launch bug) in:

• Chrome for desktop release 54
• Chrome for Android release 54
• Android WebView release 54
• Opera release 41
• Opera for Android release 41

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: Public support
• Edge: No public signals
• Safari: No public signals
• Web Developers: Positive

Owners

• mlamouri@chromium.org
• zqzhang@chromium.org

Last updated on 2017-06-14