In Safari how do you turn a page 90 degrees?...

I don't think you can, but why would you want to?

Hi,

Mail the contents of the page to yourself from the Safari File memu then use the rotate tool in an image editing app such as iPhoto.

AFAIK, this cannot be done within the Safari app.









Carolyn 🙂

Here's another option:

While the page is open in Safari, choose File > Print. Click on the the Preview button. Once the page opens in Preview, select Tools > Rotate Left (or Rotate Right); and then, from Preview's File menu, choose Save As > Format: PDF.

Hope this helps.

thesak--
You've asked the same question here many times.
And you have repeatedly been told that it cannot be done.
You'll have to sit up when you use your Mac, I'm afraid.

Can't you just sit the iMac on its side?

I can't believe you actually went there 😟

you can rotate a page in safari using webkit. there are two methods to this:

method #1

a) open Safari preferences, click Advanced, and select “Show Develop menu in menu bar.”
b) open apple home page
c) open developer console by hit *command + option + c*
d) copy + paste the following then hit return key:

bodyStyle = document.body.getAttribute('style'); document.body.setAttribute('style', bodyStyle + ' ; -webkit-transform: rotate(270deg);');

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method #2
do javascript in applescript, run the following applescript editor:


tell application "Safari" to do JavaScript "
bodyStyle = document.body.getAttribute('style'); document.body.setAttribute('style', bodyStyle + ' ; -webkit-transform: rotate(270deg);');
" in front document

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you can use method #1 in chrome also.

great idea 🙂

make all that into a bookmarklet, stick it on the bookmarks bar, & shazam!

javascript:bodyStyle%20=%20document.body.getAttribute('style');%20document.body. setAttribute('style',%20bodyStyle%20+%20'%20;%20-webkit-transform:%20rotate(270d eg);');

Well, I'll be hornswaggled!
Amazing.
I'm hoping thezak will tell us why he wants to do this.

tell us why he wants to do this.

😀

I've occasionally found scanned pdf's & images/maps that'd be dandy turned 90 deg- have always downloaded & spun 'em in Preview, which may still be necessary for larger ones that don't fit the screen width, since the code doesn't rustle up any extra scrollbars, yet anyway.

you can scale the page to fit browser window or you can change the page width to force scrollbar, the following will turn on scrollbar:

bodyStyle = document.body.getAttribute('style');
document.body.setAttribute('style', bodyStyle + ' ; -webkit-transform: rotate(270deg); ');
document.body.style.width = document.body.clientHeight + 'px';

like a charm 🙂 thanks.
a handy, if infrequently used addition to the bar

if you use the code with applescript ie method #2, you can access it from script menu by saving the script in:

~/Library/Scripts/Safari/

~/ == your home folder

to turn on the script menu:

1) Choose AppleScript Editor > Preferences.
2) Click the General tab.
3) Select the “Show Script menu in menu bar” checkbox. Make sure the “Show Computer scripts” checkbox is selected.
4) To set the location in the menu where application scripts are displayed, select either Top or Bottom, in the “Show application scripts at” section.

any time you are in safari, you can access the script from script menu, it's all about knowing the tools you have.

easier as a bookmarklet for me - same as readability & translate etc