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Questions tagged [display-rotation]

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How do I rotate Windows 8 screen?

Most mobile devices like tablets or smartphones have an orientation sensor that signals the OS to rotate itself when the device is rotated. But having installed Windows 8 on a desktop (or virtual machine), how do I rotate the screen? Obviously, this…
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How do I set up a hotkey or shortcut to rotate my screen in Windows?

I've recently acquired a set of monitor arms that allow for free rotation of my monitors. I'd like to be able to quickly switch from one orientation to another on the fly, without having to go through the trouble of accessing the screen rotation…
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FFmpeg filter to rotate image through arbitrary angle

I need to produce timelapse video from a webcam that was mounted at a slightly off-vertical angle, and I need to rotate the image about 3 degrees counter-clockwise. (The webcam is in a virtually inaccessible location and due to weather may get…
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Laptop screen is suddenly rotated

I turned my laptop upside down to get some dust that had gathered under the keyboard to fall out. But then suddenly, everything was sideways. The entire desktop had turned 90 degrees, the trackpad also worked sideways. Is it broken? I'm running…
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Enable rotation lock by default in Windows 10

I have a 2-in-1 Windows 10 computer, which can be either in laptop mode or tablet mode. Whenever I switch from laptop mode to tablet mode by turning the keyboard from in front of the screen to behind the screen, the rotation lock is always…
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How can I make cleartype change subpixel layout when I rotate my tablet?

I have a tablet running a full version of windows 8. I have cleartype enabled, but when I flip the device, the cleartype does not take seem to take into account the change in subpixel layout. Is there a tool that can detect this orientation change…
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Disable Acer's Auto-Rotate Lock Toggle In Windows 8

I have an Acer Aspire R7, and I'm happy enough with it except for the way Acer handles the Auto-Rotate Lock. Auto-Rotate in Windows 8 Normally in Windows 8 if you rotate the physical screen, a sensor notices, relays that to the sensor service, and…
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Automatically move taskbar when rotating screen

I have a Windows 8 tablet-laptop combo with which I have an issue. To save space, I keep my task bar at the left side of the screen. This is fine when using the device in landscape mode, but when I rotate it to portrait, the task bar still occupies…
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How to enable screen rotation Sony Vaio Laptop

I've got a sony vaio SA laptop. Since reformatting it to the Sony OEM windows 7 I couldn't change the screen orientation. I thought maybe it's an option in the registry that needs changing but I can't find a reference to such a registry option.…
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Dual monitors - primary monitor rotates 90 degrees counterclockwise (I DON'T WANT IT TO), secondary does not

Well, you can pretty much read the problem in the title. I have a laptop and a monitor, and when I want to use them in the extended mode, the laptop screen decides to rotate to a portrait orientation, even though it is set to landscape.. It used to…
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Windows 8 Desktop background lock orientation

I have chosen a desktop background and I am having a beef with it because when I rotate the desktop, so does the background. I wonder how its possible change settngs so that the desktop background image does not rotate as my tablet?
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Why does programs take more CPU with 90 degree desktop rotation?

I noticed that when I use ATI Tray Tools to rotate my screen 90 degrees (left or right), the screen processing gets really slow; Firefox or any program lags (uses 100% of one CPU-core when menu items are shown), and I see nasty refresh rate tearing…
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FFmpeg: Rotate and Pad Horizontal Video

I have a portrait video (9:16 ratio) taken on a phone, and would like to convert it to a lanscape one (16:9), either with black padding on the side or, ideally, with blurred padding (but not overly important). There are many questions on SE about…
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Windows 10: Right Alt Key working as Clt+Alt Keys

I have windows 10 on my laptop. The problem comes after Intel graphics diver is installed in the system. When the hot keys given in graphics option is enabled, any of alt+arrow work as clt+alt+arrow key, i.e., as a hot key and rotates my screen…
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Is there a tool to rotate screen content without the need to physically rotate the screen?

I'm working with/on a software that is optimized for screens in portrait mode and some of the features rely on this orientation, so things won't work or won't be displayed correctly with landscape orientation. In the Windows 7 settings, I can rotate…
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