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    [JavaScript] Lock site in portrait mode in mobile Safari 
  
        
  
    
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  | // Kudos to Grumdrig | |
| // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1207008/how-do-i-lock-the-orientation-to-portrait-mode-in-a-iphone-web-application | |
| $(document).ready(function () { | |
| function reorient(e) { | |
| var portrait = (window.orientation % 180 == 0); | |
| $("body > div").css("-webkit-transform", !portrait ? "rotate(-90deg)" : ""); | |
| } | |
| window.onorientationchange = reorient; | |
| window.setTimeout(reorient, 0); | |
| }); | |
| // CSS | |
| body > div { -webkit-transition: all 1s ease-in-out; } | |
| //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
| // alternative approach (http://snook.ca/) | |
| // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5298467/prevent-orientation-change-in-ios-safari | |
| window.addEventListener('onorientationchange', function () { | |
| if (window.orientation == -90) { | |
| document.getElementById('orient').className = 'orientright'; | |
| } | |
| if (window.orientation == 90) { | |
| document.getElementById('orient').className = 'orientleft'; | |
| } | |
| if (window.orientation == 0) { | |
| document.getElementById('orient').className = ''; | |
| } | |
| }, true); | |
| // CSS | |
| .orientleft #shell { | |
| -webkit-transform: rotate(-90deg); | |
| -webkit-transform-origin:160px 160px; | |
| } | |
| .orientright #shell { | |
| -webkit-transform: rotate(90deg); | |
| -webkit-transform-origin:230px 230px; | |
| } | 
  
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