---
title: "Device Orientation Detection"
description: "How to detect orientation changes between portrait and landscape modes using the Scale Manager to display prompts or adjust game state."
phaser: "4.1.0"
size: "640x256"
files: 1
url: https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/scalemanager/view/orientation-check
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

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# Device Orientation Detection

How to detect orientation changes between portrait and landscape modes using the Scale Manager to display prompts or adjust game state.

A Phaser 4.1.0 example in [Scalemanager](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/scalemanager.md). It runs at 640 × 256, and loads its assets from https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410. See it running, with its code, at https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/scalemanager/view/orientation-check.

To run it, load Phaser 4.1.0 (`https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/phaser@4.1.0/dist/phaser.min.js`), then the file, on a page with a `<div id="game-container">`.

## Code

### orientation check.js

```js
class Example extends Phaser.Scene
{
    text;
    ship;

    preload ()
    {
        this.load.setBaseURL('https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410');
        this.load.image('pic', 'assets/pics/spaceship.png');
    }

    create ()
    {
        this.ship = this.add.image(0, 0, 'pic').setOrigin(0);

        this.text = this.add.text(320, 128, 'Please set your\nphone to landscape', { font: '48px Courier', fill: '#00ff00', align: 'center' }).setOrigin(0.5);

        this.checkOriention(this.scale.orientation);

        this.scale.on('orientationchange', this.checkOriention, this);
    }

    checkOriention (orientation)
    {
        if (orientation === Phaser.Scale.PORTRAIT)
        {
            this.ship.alpha = 0.2;
            this.text.setVisible(true);
        }
        else if (orientation === Phaser.Scale.LANDSCAPE)
        {
            this.ship.alpha = 1;
            this.text.setVisible(false);
        }
    }
}

const config = {
    type: Phaser.AUTO,
    backgroundColor: '#000000',
    scale: {
        mode: Phaser.Scale.FIT,
        parent: 'game-container',
        autoCenter: 1,
        width: 640,
        height: 256
    },
    scene: Example
};

const game = new Phaser.Game(config);
```

## More in Scalemanager

- [Envelop Scale Mode](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/scalemanager/view/envelop.md): Demonstrates the ENVELOP scale mode which scales the game to completely fill the parent container while maintaining aspect ratio, potentially cropping the canvas to fit.
- [Fit and Snap](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/scalemanager/view/fit-and-snap.md): Demonstrates using the Scale Manager's FIT mode combined with a snap configuration to scale the game canvas in discrete increments based on a fixed resolution.
- [Fit Scale Mode](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/scalemanager/view/fit.md): This example demonstrates how to use the FIT scale mode to automatically resize the game canvas to fit its parent container while strictly maintaining the aspect ratio.
- [Fit Scale Mode with Min and Max](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/scalemanager/view/fit-min-max.md): Demonstrates how to use the FIT scale mode while enforcing minimum and maximum width and height constraints on the game canvas.
- [Fit with Auto Center](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/scalemanager/view/fit-with-auto-center.md): Scales the game to fit the parent container while maintaining its aspect ratio and centering the canvas both horizontally and vertically.
- [Fullscreen Mode Toggle](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/scalemanager/view/full-screen-game.md): Demonstrates how to switch the game to fullscreen and back using either an interactive UI button or a keyboard shortcut (F key) via the Scale Manager.
- [Height Controls Width Scale Mode](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/scalemanager/view/height-controls-width.md): This example demonstrates the HEIGHT_CONTROLS_WIDTH scale mode, which automatically adjusts the game width based on the height of the parent container while maintaining the aspect ratio.
- [Input with Camera Transforms](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/scalemanager/view/world-input.md): Demonstrates how to map pointer coordinates from screen space to world space while the camera is panned, zoomed, or rotated.
- [Manual Resize and Aspect Ratio Fit](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/scalemanager/view/resize-and-fit.md): Demonstrates how to use the RESIZE scale mode to manually manage multiple scenes with different scaling rules. One scene fills the entire window while another maintains a fixed aspect ratio and centers itself using camera viewports.
- [Manually Resize](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/scalemanager/view/manually-resize.md): Demonstrates how to handle game resizing manually by disabling automatic scaling and updating the camera and game objects in response to window resize events.
- [Manually Resize With Zoom](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/scalemanager/view/manually-resize-with-zoom.md): Demonstrates how to manually update the game scale and recalculate the maximum zoom level using Phaser.Scale.MAX_ZOOM when the Scale Manager mode is set to NONE.
- [Mobile Responsive Game Layout](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/scalemanager/view/mobile-game-example.md): Demonstrates a multi-scene approach for mobile games where a flexible background fills the entire screen while the main game area maintains a fixed aspect ratio. It uses the Scale Manager's resize event, camera viewports, and manual zoom calculations to keep the game centered and scaled across different device resolutions.
- [All 24 examples in Scalemanager](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/scalemanager.md)

---

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