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byte_76	2010-03-12 , 14:19
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We already know that Nokia is not going to provide full portrait mode for N900 in future updates for Fremantle.

Are there any developers or hackers that could create a package that can enable a working portrait mode with an app to select how the portrait mode works (ie. rotates automatically or has a button to switch etc.)?

I understand that there are problems with the resizing desktops and widgets and the status bar etc. but it must be possible to fix the problems.

I'm sure that there are many users on tmo that would really appreciate the effort, myself included.

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	Flandry	2010-03-12 , 14:28
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No app in the world can automatically reconfigure the user interface of apps not designed with a portrait layout. The reason "full portrait mode" isn't and can't come to the N900 is because there's no requirement that all the apps support it. (Thank God for that.)

So perhaps you could better define what your use case is and ask for a possible solution, rather than impossible.

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Laughing Man	2010-03-12 , 14:35
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Originally Posted by byte_76

We already know that Nokia is not going to provide full portrait mode for N900 in future updates for Fremantle.

Are there any developers or hackers that could create a package that can enable a working portrait mode with an app to select how the portrait mode works (ie. rotates automatically or has a button to switch etc.)?

I understand that there are problems with the resizing desktops and widgets and the status bar etc. but it must be possible to fix the problems.

I'm sure that there are many users on tmo that would really appreciate the effort, myself included.

I know for the n800/n810 there was xrandr. I believe in extras-devel there is a similar package that rotates the screen into whatever orientation you want. 90, 180, 270, back to regular. But it doesn't change the GUI as in anything that's too long like the desktop will simply not be shown (e.g. it appears chopped off).

But for most 3rd party apps, developers are willing to add portrait mode in their own application if asked nicely (if they haven't already done so).

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	SubCore	2010-03-12 , 14:40
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Originally Posted by byte_76

I understand that there are problems with the resizing desktops and widgets and the status bar etc. but it must be possible to fix the problems.

your best bet would probably be to (nicely) ask the developer(s) of the apps you are using most if they would consider implementing it.

for official nokia apps (calendar, conversations etc.) the chances are not so good IMO.

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	noobmonkey	2010-03-12 , 14:50
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dont forget we need to wait until qt4.6/7 comes out too for some of us. i know thp or qwerty did the gtk code. but not seen any qt stuff yet. so as much as i would. no idea how to yet.

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	qwerty12	2010-03-12 , 14:51
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Originally Posted by noobmonkey

i know thp or qwerty did the gtk code

Rotation has nothing to do with me, at all, and is provided by Nokia. Rotation is the matter of setting two XAtoms on your window.

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	noobmonkey	2010-03-12 , 15:07
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Originally Posted by qwerty12

Rotation has nothing to do with me, at all, and is provided by Nokia. Rotation is the matter of setting two XAtoms on your window.

since when where you a nuclear physicist!

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	krk969	2010-03-12 , 15:08
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Originally Posted by noobmonkey

dont forget we need to wait until qt4.6/7 comes out too for some of us. i know thp or qwerty did the gtk code. but not seen any qt stuff yet. so as much as i would. no idea how to yet.

showtime does it, precisely why I used QT4.6 to demonstrate it

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QT has provided a wrapper over those atoms needed to rotate, but remember that nothing is done automatically , as already mentioned the app needs to be designed for portrait and landscape modes.

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byte_76	2010-03-12 , 15:19
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If there is an app that can rotate the UI for portrait mode without the bugs then there will likely be more developers that implement portrait mode as an option.

What I mean by rotate automatically is like the option that we can turn on for the dialer where, if the phone is physically rotated it can automatically rotate the phone app interface.

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	SubCore	2010-03-12 , 15:26
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Originally Posted by byte_76

If there is an app that can rotate the UI for portrait mode without the bugs then there will likely be more developers that implement portrait mode as an option.

there's no "app" that rotates the UI. it's part of the graphical toolkit which nokia provides, as qwerty12 wrote.

developers of apps have to use this functionality properly, and rearrange their control and layout elements accordingly.

as i said: you need to ask the developers of the apps you use if they would be willing to make use of that functionality.

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