How to flip your monitor from panorama to portrait

Most of us in all probability use displays which might be positioned in a panorama, or horizontal, configuration — in different phrases, the highest and backside are wider than the edges. This works advantageous for many people who find themselves utilizing two or extra home windows aspect by aspect or who’re watching movies. But if you happen to’re engaged on a protracted doc or spreadsheet, or wish to preserve your Twitter or Slack feed operating on a secondary display screen, then it’s possible you’ll wish to attempt utilizing your monitor in a portrait, or vertical, configuration as an alternative.

If you’re fortunate sufficient to have a monitor on a stand or arm that flips from panorama to portrait, you may have the very best of each worlds. But while you flip that monitor, it’s possible you’ll discover that you just’re your Twitter feed sideways. Rather than attempt to twist your neck, you may regulate your Windows or macOS working system in order that your content material will show correctly. Here’s how.

(By the best way, if you happen to occur to have Apple’s new Studio Display, you may skip this text — while you flip the show, the content rotation happens automatically.)

On a Windows 11 system

• Go to Settings
• Select System from the sidebar (if it’s not the default)
• Go to Display > Display Orientation and choose Portrait
• Your show will shift to portrait mode. You can select to maintain the modifications or revert to your earlier setting.

On a macOS system

• Go to System Preferences
• Select Displays and select the show you wish to rotate (if there’s a couple of)
• Depending in your particular show, search for the Rotation setting and set it to 90 levels
• The image in your show ought to rotate to a vertical angle. You can verify the setting or revert to your earlier setting.

Note: it’s doable that while you flip your display screen, it might throw off different elements, similar to colour calibration. In that case, attempt restarting your system.