The change event of the ScreenOrientation interface fires when the orientation of the screen has changed, for example when a user rotates their mobile phone.
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ScreenOrientation: change event
Syntax
Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.
js
addEventListener("change", (event) => {});
onchange = (event) => {};
   Event type
A generic Event.
Example
In the following example, the change callback prints the new screen orientation type and angle.
js
screen.orientation.addEventListener("change", (event) => {
  const type = event.target.type;
  const angle = event.target.angle;
  console.log(`ScreenOrientation change: ${type}, ${angle} degrees.`);
});
   Specifications
| Specification | 
|---|
| Screen Orientation  # dom-screenorientation-onchange  | 
      
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
change_event | 
       38 | 79 | 43 | No | 25 | 16.4 | 38 | 38 | 43 | 25 | 16.4 | 3.0 | 
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 https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ScreenOrientation/change_event