The page is locked to portrait or landscape
Automated check css-orientation-lock, run with axe-core
- WCAG
- 1.3.4 Orientation (Level AA)
- Severity
- Serious: completable, but painful
- Typical effort
- Moderate, 1 to 4 hours
- Category
- Visual design
Who this affects
People whose phone or tablet is mounted in a fixed orientation, for example on a wheelchair.
Why it matters
If the layout only works in one orientation, some users cannot turn their device to use it at all.
How to fix it
Remove CSS that rotates the page depending on orientation, and let the layout work in both orientations.
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