can't disable automatic rotation
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| Unity 8 |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
The #1 task I use my Android phone for is reading books. This frequently happens while laying down. However, I can't do this on Ubuntu Touch because the text automatically rotates according to gravity. This applies to most of the other things I use a smartphone for too -- I keep rotation disabled about 99% of the time, and only enable it on rare occasion if I need to view a wide image or something. Similarly, my roommate keeps hers in landscape mode almost all the time, even if it means having the physical keyboard slid out while not in use (to force the screen orientation).
Could we have an option to force the rotation to a desired setting? Even better, a convenient tool to manually change it when desired, as an indicator or similar?
If not, the problem could at least be reduced by making rotation a bit less sensitive. For example, instead of rotating at exactly 45 degrees, make the device keep its current orientation until the reading passes ~80 degrees. Then hold it in that orientation until it goes back to ~10 degrees or so? We could perhaps even make it require going a little past 90 (and then optionally back), to effectively change the gesture from a simple tilt to more of a shake. Still easy to do, but more explicit and less accidental, and more friendly for people laying down.
