Designer Gav UK wrote:
It should be a simple manoeuvre, rotating the screen through 90° with App icons and the background wallpaper all rotating together in perfect harmony, but there’s a stubborn refusal.
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Who has the same problem?
You clearly have a problem, but haven't explained what the problem is that you have. Put yourself in the position of readers here; the only information that we have is the information or explanation that you provide.
What, precisely, is the difficulty that you are experiencing with screen rotation? With a better understanding of the problem that you have, explanation and appropriate guidance can be offered. That said, in absence of clarification, I'll take a guess at the perceived issue that may be causing frustration...
Be aware that the Home Screen layout is set independently for Landscape and Portrait orientation.
Consider that Widgets, App and folder icons are constrained to a fixed grid layout - the number of available columns and rows being largely determined by the iPad screen size. In Landscape orientation, you will always have fewer grid rows than columns; in Portrait orientation, the reverse is true, resulting in more rows than columns.
Given this grid arrangement, rotating the screen will result in movement of some icons. However, given that the grid layout can be manually set to meet your preferred layout in each orientation, you can move the individual icons to your favoured layout - if you wish, keeping each icon in the same actual location, or having a different relative layout for the screen orientations.
By example, I have four Widgets on my first Home Screen. In Landscape orientation, I have deliberately arranged the layout to display the Widgets vertically down the left-hand side of the screen, top to bottom. In Landscape, I have a 4 row by column by 6 column grid layout, with the Dock at the bottom.
When rotated to Portrait, my four Widgets are instead intentionally arranged across the top of the screen, sequenced left to right. The remaining App and folder icons remain in the same relative sequence. In portrait, the screen presents a 6 row by 4 column grid, with the Dock at the bottom of the screen.
