SimpleOrientation Enum

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Definition

Namespace:: Windows.Devices.Sensors

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Indicates the orientation of the device.

public enum class SimpleOrientation

/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract, 65536)]
enum class SimpleOrientation

[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(typeof(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract), 65536)]
public enum SimpleOrientation

var value = Windows.Devices.Sensors.SimpleOrientation.notRotated

Public Enum SimpleOrientation

Inheritance: Enum
SimpleOrientation

Attributes: ContractVersionAttribute

Windows requirements

Device family	Windows 10 (introduced in 10.0.10240.0)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced in v1.0)

Fields

Name	Value	Description
NotRotated	0	The device is not rotated.
Rotated90DegreesCounterclockwise	1	The device is rotated 90-degrees counter-clockwise.
Rotated180DegreesCounterclockwise	2	The device is rotated 180-degrees counter-clockwise.
Rotated270DegreesCounterclockwise	3	The device is rotated 270-degrees counter-clockwise.
Faceup	4	The device is face-up and the display is visible to the user.
Facedown	5	The device is face-down and the display is hidden from the user.

Remarks

The Faceup and Facedown values are supported for tablet devices. You can use them to support power management: As long as the orientation is Faceup, your application will continue to run; but, once the orientation is Facedown, your application can pause or enter "sleep mode".

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