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sdandeneau	sdandeneau posted 8 Years Ago Topic Details Share Topic
Group: Forum Members Posts: 37, Visits: 141	Hi, How can I "lock" the orientation to "portrait" when running on iOS? That is, when running on iPhone of iPad, the task reverts to a landscape orientation, regardless of the orientation of the device. By forcing the orientation in portrait, it would make the stimuli larger on the screen. Thanks in advance, Stéphane Tags iOS orientation
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Dave	Dave posted 8 Years Ago ANSWER Post Details Share Post
Group: Administrators Posts: 13K, Visits: 104K	As far as I am aware, this isn't possible (at least not currently). At present Inquisit enforces landscape orientation on iOS devices to keep the layout relatively consistent across different types of devices: Monitors on regular laptops or desktop computers typically have landscape orientation (i.e., they are wider than they are high). Scripts are typically designed assuming a landscape-layout in terms of their visual components (relative positions and sizes of objects, etc.), and would not translate well to a portrait-layout. Hope this helps.
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*Erik*	*Erik* posted 8 Years Ago ANSWER Post Details Share Post
Group: Moderators Posts: 13, Visits: 199	actually, it is possible. The Inquisit Player defaults to landscape to maintain consistency, but the behavior can be overridden by the canvas. To lock in portrait mode you need to specify a canvas that has a larger height than width. For Portrait on iPad/iPhone: <defaults> / canvasaspectratio = (3,4) </defaults> Or whatever you feel is appropriate. It can also be accomplished using "/ canvassize" with appropriate sizes. For Portrait on iPad/iPhone: <defaults> / canvassize = (99%,100%) </defaults> Developer at Millisecond Software, LLC.
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