# Need it to be locked to portrait

**URL:** <https://forum.8thwall.com/t/need-it-to-be-locked-to-portrait/8638>\
**Category:** Technical Support\
**Created:** [December 10, 2025, 11:22pm UTC](https://forum.8thwall.com/t/need-it-to-be-locked-to-portrait/8638 "2025-12-10T23:22:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kevin\_Ray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df705f/32.png) [@Kevin\_Ray](https://forum.8thwall.com/u/Kevin_Ray)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 11:22pm UTC](https://forum.8thwall.com/t/need-it-to-be-locked-to-portrait/8638/1 "2025-12-10T23:22:31Z")

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Is there anyway to lock the ui it to portrait? i dont want the ui to switch to landscape.

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**Author:** ![Evan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.8thwall.com/evan/32/431_2.png) [@Evan](https://forum.8thwall.com/u/Evan)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.8thwall.com/t/need-it-to-be-locked-to-portrait/8638/2 "2025-12-11T20:38:19Z")

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this is device level, not browser level. the best you can do in the browser is listen for orientation changes, and if the users happens to rotate to landscape you can overlay UI which tells them to rotate it back to portrait, like in this example:

> **[Device Orientation | 8th Wall Playground | 8th Wall](https://www.8thwall.com/playground/device-orientation-aframe)**
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> This sample project illustrates how to check for device orientation and display some UI elements if the device is not oriented in the desired way.