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Fullscreen Media Orientation

Category

Multimedia

Type

New or changed feature

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 57)

Intent stage

None

Summary

Automatically lock the screen orientation when a video with default controls go fullscreen in order to maximize the screen usage. The orientation of the screen will match the aspect ratio of the video.

Standards & signals

• Firefox: No signal
• Safari: No signal
• Web developers: No signals
• Tracking bug: https://crbug.com/670455

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