Is there a way to prevent firefox rotating to portrait mode?
 

Is there a way to prevent firefox rotating to portrait mode?
i just do not see any reason to use a browser in portrait mode.

I know I can use Ctrl-Shift-R, but it should IMHObe an option in firefox itself, like many other apps have it.

Re: Is there a way to prevent firefox rotating to portrait mode?
 

Good question... I have opened about:config and try accelerometer.enabled = false
No change even after restart.

Re: Is there a way to prevent firefox rotating to portrait mode?
 

You can press control-shift-o to lock the screen orientation in Firefox for Maemo. Firefox will store this setting in its preferences. (You can also see it in about:config as "toolkit.screen.lock".)

Re: Is there a way to prevent firefox rotating to portrait mode?
 

@mbrubeck

Do you know a conclusive list of fennec keyboard shortcuts?
And is there a way to get maito links and volume rocker zoom working in the Qt build?(both work fine in gtk build but Qt build is faster for me)

Re: Is there a way to prevent firefox rotating to portrait mode?
 

Here are some lists:

• https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb...oard-shortcuts
• https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Fennec/Cheat_Codes

The first link is a little out of date; I submitted an update which will be published as soon as someone reviews it. (It's just missing a couple of new shortcuts: Ctrl+Shift+T for Undo Close Tab, and Ctrl+Shift+O for Lock Screen Orientation.)

That sounds like a bug, and I don't know of a workaround. You can report something in Bugzilla, but it might not be fixed unless someone from the community steps up, since Qt is not officially supported on Maemo. Possible related:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=605802

Re: Is there a way to prevent firefox rotating to portrait mode?
 

How recent a version of Firefox do you need to get this functionality working? I'm using the old 1.1 release, and while it has a "toolkit.screen.lock" entry in about:config that you can set, that doesn't stop it from rotating the screen...

Re: Is there a way to prevent firefox rotating to portrait mode?
 

The screen lock preference should work in Firefox 1.1 and later. If it isn't, there must be a bug... I can't find any known bugs or other useful information, sorry.

Re: Is there a way to prevent firefox rotating to portrait mode?
 

It's also not working in 4b6pre 20110305 (gtk). I get the popup "screen orientation locked" and it sets toolkit.screen.lock to true, but it still rotates happily......

Re: Is there a way to prevent firefox rotating to portrait mode?
 

You need to use Ctrl+Shift+O to lock it. Changing it in the about:config manually doesn't seems to worl. But the keyboard shortcut works.

Re: Is there a way to prevent firefox rotating to portrait mode?
 

Nope, it doesn't. The ctrl+shift+o is what I used. I got the popup that orientation is locked and it creates the toolkit.screen.lock=true, but it still rotates.

Re: Is there a way to prevent firefox rotating to portrait mode?
 

Works, thanks.

I have tested the above keyboard combo ctrl+shift+o to lock Fennec to landscape mode but I found this only works when the hardware keyboard remains extended

When the hardware keyboard is retracted Fennec still keeps rotating.

Who invented this need for auto rotate anyway? It is like autozap television.

(N900 running Fennec 17.0a1)