orientation lock on iOS


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Hi, 

How can I "lock" the orientation to "portrait" when running on iOS? That is, when running on iPhone of iPad, the task reverts to a landscape orientation, regardless of the orientation of the device. By forcing the orientation in portrait, it would make the stimuli larger on the screen. 

Thanks in advance, 
Stéphane
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As far as I am aware, this isn't possible (at least not currently). At present Inquisit enforces landscape orientation on iOS devices to keep the layout relatively consistent across different types of devices: Monitors on regular laptops or desktop computers typically have landscape orientation (i.e., they are wider than they are high). Scripts are typically designed assuming a landscape-layout in terms of their visual components (relative positions and sizes of objects, etc.), and would not translate well to a portrait-layout.

Hope this helps.

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actually, it is possible.  The Inquisit Player defaults to landscape to maintain consistency, but the behavior can be overridden by the canvas.

To lock in portrait mode you need to specify a canvas that has a larger height than width.

For Portrait on iPad/iPhone:
<defaults>
/ canvasaspectratio = (3,4)
</defaults>


Or whatever you feel is appropriate.  It can also be accomplished using "/ canvassize" with appropriate sizes.
For Portrait on iPad/iPhone:
<defaults>
/ canvassize = (99%,100%)
</defaults>







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