Resolved Lock the Rotation in Landscape mode?

Now I want to lock my rotation in landscape mode but the button is greyed out unless it is in portrait mode. Does anybody know how to force it into Locked Landscape.
I have a HP Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1035G1

 

Need more info please.
Are you in Settings > System > Display > Scale and Layout > Display Orientation?

 

Scale and Layout = 125%
Display Orientation =Landscape

 

Is the 125% the RECOMMENDED Scale?

 

Thanks for the reply, I prefer it to 100 % so I don't need Binoculars on this 14" laptop. Lol.
If anyone noticed that the rotate button is greyed out in landscape mode. When you put it in portrait mode Then you'll have access to lock it. Which is ridiculous in my opinion. The Microsoft site says nothing to help. So I was hoping there would be a work around.
Generally I use the laptop hooked up to a 32" monitor, but I have recently had fusion so I am not able sit at my desk.
Thanks again for any suggestions.
Brian

 

What is it you want to lock?

Windows orientation is set by the selected resolution which is determined by the default "native" resolution of the display screen. For example, 1920 x 1200 is width by height. Since width is greater than height, it is, in effect, or at least appears to be in Landscape. Which would be correct. Typical 14" notebook resolution is 1600 x 900 - again, Landscape.

Word defaults to portrait because 8 1/2 x 11 is the default paper dimensions which is the default for printers too.

Have you tried zoom? That is pressing Ctrl + and Ctrl - (holding down the Ctrl key and pressing + or - keys)?

 

Well thanks for the reply Bill.
I would like to LOCK the orientation in "Landscape" mode. Unfortunately changing the display resolution has no affect on allowing the option to be ungreyed in settings.
Thank you
Brian

 

Okay, so you are not talking about a specific app, right?

Do this device have a "Rotation lock" button in Action Center (Win key + A)? Note most laptops do not but if yours supports "Tablet" mode, it might. If yours does, have you tried toggling that button?

 

Wow I thought I explained it pretty clear. No Apps, No other programs. Just windows10

 

I learned long ago not to assume. That's why I tried to ascertain what it was you were talking about - for example, Word documents, a hardware setting or Windows itself.

If you change the tablet mode setting, is Rotation lock still grayed out?

 

Thanks for the help, Brink helped me solve this. It becomes available if you hinge the 2in1 display all the way back.

If the Rotate lock setting is grayed out, then often you can just rotate your display to be able to turn on or off.

If you have a convertible (aka: 2in1) PC with a 360-degree hinge, rotation lock will be grayed out when it is in normal laptop mode.

If you have a device with a removable screen, rotation lock will be grayed out while the screen is connected to keyboard. This is because, in standard laptop mode, the screen will never automatically rotate.

When you switch to tablet mode by rotating its screen all the way back on a convertible device with a 360-degree hinge, or disconnecting the screen from the keyboard, automatic rotation will be enabled and the Rotate lock setting will be available.

Thanks again for the support.
Brian

 

Ah, so it is based on a hardware setting after all. I was wondering about that when I mentioned Tablet mode.

Thanks for posting your findings.

 

I think we would have been able to help you better and quicker if you had provided more info as I requested in Post #2.
Your reply should have expanded on (HP Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1035G) which didn't tell us the HP Model.
I decided to watch after that as I had no idea where to look for relevant info.
Nice to see you've got it sorted.

 

Unfortunately the model number would have sent you astray as the HP site posts incorrect info about this pc. The 2in1 feature is the key to enabling/disabling it.
I see now that the feature is not available at all on standard laptops and desktops after cranking up my old beloved Acer which is not a 2-1.

 

Standard laptops, perhaps not. But as you suggest, laptops that convert to tablets, yes. And FTR, most, if not all PCs allow this when used with monitors that rotate 90° into portrait mode (with appropriate driver installed).