Opened 9 years ago
Last modified 9 years ago
#13698 new enhancement
Rotating the host window
| Reported by: | E88 | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | other | Version: | VirtualBox 4.3.20 |
| Keywords: | rotate host window | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | all | Host type: | all |
Description
It would be great if VirtualBox can rotate the host window. This is needed because of Android guests. The guest content can rotate, but the host window does not.
There should by a menu entry to rotate the host window 90°: Independing of the guest system.
Change History (2)
comment:1 by , 9 years ago
comment:2 by , 9 years ago
With Android you can use it in landscape or portrait orientation. Some Apps are rotating regardless the real orientation and force the user to rotate the tablet or smartphone.
Why is it not cheap? In case of scaling you have to transform a 2D image from the guest to a 2D image in the host window.
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This is quite a bit of effort (and rotating 2D bitmaps isn't actually cheap) for a rather small audience. I wonder if it wouldn't be easier for Android to rotate everything (of course including asking for an appropriate screen resolution). At the source this is usually a lot easier.