Kindle reader orientation

oldyellr · 04-18-2021, 10:05 PM

I have an Amazon Fire 7 tablet with the Kindle reader app. All other readers I've used either defaulted to vertical (book) orientation, or could be set that way. But I can't see how to do it with the Kindle app. Whenever I tilt it above 45 degrees, it switches to landscape mode. Very annoying. Is there a hidden setting? All I can do is go into the tablet settings and turn off Auto Rotate, but that affects everything on the tablet, like the browser, which I prefer in landscape mode.

tomsem · 04-20-2021, 04:39 PM

You can lock rotation very easily: swipe down from top for ‘quick settings’ (or whatever it is called) and tap the ‘rotation’ icon (circular arrow). It will then display a padlock in there, and only if an app (e.g. a game) requires landscape will it go to landscape. Of course you can lock it in landscape as well.

oldyellr · 04-20-2021, 05:47 PM

Thank you. I just discovered that and am now using it. It took me a while to understand what others were telling me to "swipe" and such.

04-18-2021, 10:05 PM	#1
oldyellr Evangelist Posts: 484 Karma: 26106 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Vox, Amazon Fire 7	Kindle reader orientation I have an Amazon Fire 7 tablet with the Kindle reader app. All other readers I've used either defaulted to vertical (book) orientation, or could be set that way. But I can't see how to do it with the Kindle app. Whenever I tilt it above 45 degrees, it switches to landscape mode. Very annoying. Is there a hidden setting? All I can do is go into the tablet settings and turn off Auto Rotate, but that affects everything on the tablet, like the browser, which I prefer in landscape mode.

04-20-2021, 04:39 PM	#2
tomsem Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,504 Karma: 26425959 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Device: iPhone 15PM, Kindle Scribe, iPad mini 6, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	You can lock rotation very easily: swipe down from top for ‘quick settings’ (or whatever it is called) and tap the ‘rotation’ icon (circular arrow). It will then display a padlock in there, and only if an app (e.g. a game) requires landscape will it go to landscape. Of course you can lock it in landscape as well. Last edited by tomsem; 04-20-2021 at 05:10 PM.

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04-20-2021, 05:47 PM	#3
oldyellr Evangelist Posts: 484 Karma: 26106 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Vox, Amazon Fire 7	Thank you. I just discovered that and am now using it. It took me a while to understand what others were telling me to "swipe" and such.

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