UPD> Orientation/Rotation

UPD> Orientation/Rotation

Jim Sommer jsommer at bellatlantic.net
Fri Oct 5 11:37:51 EDT 2001


We currently have one element for orientation that has the possible values of:

1) Portrait
2) Landscape
3) Rotated Portrait
4) Rotated Landscape

In my mind we have really created a composite feature of orientation 
(portrait/landscape) and rotation (off/on). Generally, orientation is a 
setting that an application controls and cares about so that it formats 
data properly. Rotation is something that the driver cares about so that 
the image is put on to the paper properly.

If a user has a media (like 3 hole punch) that must be loaded in the 
printer in the rotated direction to prevent jamming, then the user will 
want to select rotate regardless of the orientation that may be selected 
within an application.

I propose that we split the current orientation selection into two - 
orientation and rotation.

Comments?

Jim
mailto:sommer at granitesystems.com
978-486-3068




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