How to Rotate Your Screen in Windows 10

See how to rotate your screen through the Windows 10 desktop settings.

While in Windows 7 you can rotate your screen with keyboard shortcuts, in Windows 10 things are a little different. There are no keyboard shortcuts and its rotation screen it can only be done through the settings.

To do this, open the "Settings" application and go to the "System" group. If you have multiple screens, you must first select the screen you want to rotate. The rotation setting is specific to each screen.

Make it scroll down and look for the “Orientation” drop-down menu. It has four options. Landscape, Portrait, Landscape (flip) and Portrait (flip). “Horizontal” and “Vertical” are simple enough to understand and the next two alternatives are also similar but in reverse. Horizontal (flip) will give you an upside down screen, while Vertical (flip) will switch right to left.

Similarly, in Windows 7, you can rotate the screen freely with the shortcut Ctrl + Alt + Left Arrow, which means that you can rotate it 90, 180 or 270 degrees. Keyboard shortcut no longer works in Windows 10 and instead has the Orientation drop-down list.

A problem με την δυνατότητα περιστροφής οθόνης στα Windows 7 ήταν ότι υπήρχε περίπτωση να περιστραφεί η οθόνη, χωρίς καμία διάθεση από τον χρήστη. Πολλοί χρήστες που δεν γνώριζαν αυτό το χαρακτηριστικό έμεναν έκπληκτοι αν κατά λάθος πατούσαν τον συνδυασμό των πλήκτρων και δεν μπορούσαν να καταλάβουν τι είχε πάει στραβά. Πόσο μάλλον αν δεν ήξεραν και πως να επαναφέρουν την οθόνη τους και προσπαθούσαν να αναζητήσουν βοήθεια στο Google διαβάζοντας μέσα από μία στραβή οθόνη. Στα Windows 10, θα λάβετε μια μικρή ερώτηση που θα σας ρωτάει εάν θέλετε να διατηρήσετε τον νέο προσανατολισμό. Εάν δεν απαντήσετε μέσα σε 12 δευτερόλεπτα, η change does not take place.

Please also note that the movement of the mouse conforms to the new screen orientation. If you select Portrait orientation, moving the mouse up will move the cursor to the new vertex set on your screen. It will take some practice to get used to the mouse movements on a rotating screen, and if you have a multi-screen display, it might be a little harder to figure out. Screen orientations are not reset after restarting your system.