# Manifest orientation property

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/manifest-orientation-property/94900>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [August 16, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manifest-orientation-property/94900 "2018-08-16T17:49:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![larsgw](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/larsgw/32/108999_2.png) [@larsgw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/larsgw)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manifest-orientation-property/94900/1 "2018-08-16T17:49:19Z")

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[A while back](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manifest-json-has-orientation-set-to-portrait-users-cannot-turn-device-to-landscape/55579) the manifest.json `orientation` property was changed from `portrait` to `any`. This, however, makes Chrome for Android ignore the native Android orientation lock, which makes it ~~quite difficult~~ basically impossible to read posts with your phone sideways. In fact, the [Chrome docs even say](https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/web-app-manifest/#orientation):

> Use this selectively. Users prefer selecting the orientation.

This makes me think `any` isn’t really the default. Could the property `orientation` simply be omitted? The Web App of dev.to for example, works fine for me and doesn’t have it set in its manifest.

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