Thread: How to force the Nokia N900 into native Portrait Mode: Guide & Screenshots
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Originally Posted by qwerty12 View Post
It's also possible to force a window of your choosing (instead of the entire system) to go into portrait mode, too.

I did this via SSH, but you can use something like "wmctrl -l" and pass the window IDs to the -id parameter of xprop:
Code:
xprop -f _HILDON_PORTRAIT_MODE_SUPPORT 32c -set _HILDON_PORTRAIT_MODE_SUPPORT 1
(*tap window*)
xprop -f _HILDON_PORTRAIT_MODE_REQUEST 32c -set _HILDON_PORTRAIT_MODE_REQUEST 1
(*tap same window*)
I can now see how totally useless portrait mode in the browser would be. It's either going to break pages or render them unreadable if it forces images to fit while maintaining there intended aspect ratios.

Makes me appreciate the work that went into the current browser. I haven't had to fuss over UserContent.css at all. My old bookmarks are useful with out it. Changes can be made with simple gestures if needed.
With the N8**'s on the other hand I needed to make hella font and image changes to make these same pages usable.
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