The orientation of the stage after the change.

If the event is orientationChanging, the bounds have not yet changed; afterOrientation indicates the new orientation if the event is not canceled. If the event is orientationChange, afterOrientation indicates the current orientation.

The orientation of the stage before the change.

If the event is orientationChanging, the bounds have not yet changed; beforeOrientation reflects the current orientation. If the event is orientationChange, beforeOrientation indicates the original value.

Creates a StageOrientationEvent object with specific information relevant to stage orientation events. Event objects are passed as parameters to event listeners. Generally you do not create this event using the constructor function. Instead, you add an event listener on the Stage object to detect these events as they occur.

Creates a copy of the StageOrientationEvent object and sets the value of each property to match that of the original.

Returns a string that contains all the properties of the StageOrientationEvent object. The string has the following format:

[StageOrientationEvent type=value bubbles=value cancelable=value previousDisplayState=value currentDisplayState=value]

The ORIENTATION_CHANGE constant defines the value of the type property of a orientationChange event object. This event has the following properties:

See also

The ORIENTATION_CHANGING constant defines the value of the type property of a orientationChanging event object. This event has the following properties:

See also

• It displays information about the stage orientation in the text field.
• It resizes the text field based on the new size of the stage.

package
{
    import flash.events.*;
    import flash.display.*;
    import flash.text.*;
    
    public class ScreenOrientationTest extends Sprite
    {
        public var logField:TextField;
        public function ScreenOrientationTest():void
        {
            logField = new TextField();
            resizeLogField();
            
            try
            {
                logField.text = stage.orientation;
                stage.addEventListener("orientationChange", orientationChangeListener);
            }
            catch(e:Error)
            {
                log("Stage orientation not supported.");
            }
        }
        public function orientationChangeListener(event:Event):void
        {
            resizeLogField();
            log("beforeOrientation:" + event["beforeOrientation"].toString()
                 + "\nafterOrientation:" + event["afterOrientation"].toString());
        }
        public function setUpLogField():void
        {
            logField.defaultTextFormat = new TextFormat("_sans", 25);            
            logField.type = TextFieldType.INPUT;
            logField.x = 10;
            logField.y = 10;
            logField.border = true;
            logField.wordWrap = true;
            logField.multiline = true;
            addChild(logField);            
        }
        public function resizeLogField():void
        {
            logField.width = stage.stageWidth - 20;
            logField.height = stage.stageHeight - 20;
        }
        public function log(obj:Object):void
        {
            var date:Date = new Date();
            var time:String = date.hours.toString() + ":" + date.minutes.toString() + ":" + date.seconds.toString();
            logField.text = time + ": " + obj.toString() +"\n";
        }
    }
}