[Enhancement] Side Button Long Press - Orientation Change - Invert Up and Down Functions for CW and CCW

[jeromedevine]

Device

X4

Affected Version

v1.4.0

EPUB Optimization

No / Not Applicable

Cache State

No / Not Applicable

Describe the Bug

Please can you invert the functions between Up and Down for orientation change when long pressing the Side Buttons? In Crosspoint and CPR-vCodex when one long-presses the side buttons up or down, the orientation of the screen feels like it is being pushed clockwise or anti-clockwise to the pressed button' side. I think it feels natural that way. In CrossInk unfortunately it is the opposite (Up is Down, and Down is Up). I would suggest that the long-press of the up and down side buttons would be changed as follows below or possibly a function is added to allow an inverted rotation as well like so:

Suggested Side Button Long-press Action:

Up cycles through the orientations in the following order: Landscape CW -> Inverted -> Landscape CCW -> Portrait

Down cycles through the orientations in the following order: Landscape CCW -> Inverted -> Landscape CW -> Portrait

Thank-you for considering.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Long press Up/Down Side button
2. The orientation rotates CCW/CW to the opposite side of the side button pushed

Expected Behavior

From Portrait, I think it would feel natural to long-press Down and the orientation goes to Landscape CW (and so on), and similarly from Portrait long-pressing Up and the orientation goes CCW (and so on). It would be like I am pressing to which side I would want the orientation to rotate to. I think it would feel intuitive that way.

Thank-you for what you are doing with CrossInk! <3

Relevant Log Output/Screenshots

[uxjulia]

I'm confused. In Crossink, if I press UP, it rotates the screen counter-clockwise and ends up at Landscape CCW and if I press DOWN it rotates the screen clockwise to land at Landscape CW... which matches as if you were pushing on the device to go in that direction. Isn't that what you're requesting? "From Portrait, I think it would feel natural to long-press Down and the orientation goes to Landscape CW", that already happens today.

[jeromedevine]

[jeromedevine]

I figured out that it is labeled Landscape CW and Landscape CCW because it is the device itself that must be physically rotated clockwise or counter‑clockwise in one's hands for the screen to display correctly. The image on the screen, however, is rotated in the opposite direction from the physical movement of the device. Perhaps the coding in CrossInk is referring to the physical rotation of the device in one's hands rather than the rotation of the screen image on the device. I am understanding that their rotation is opposite to each other.

[uxjulia]

On my X4 with CrossInk v1.4.0-tiny when I set the orientation for Landscape CCW, the top of the text goes at the 3 o'clock/East side when looked at with the front buttons down. When I set the orientation for Landscape CW, the top of the text goes at 9 o'clock/West when looked at with the front buttons down. I don't know why it is programmed that way. It's the same for Crosspoint amd vCodex. I have orientation aware turned Off/No. You have it the opposite way on your X4 device?

I was suggesting that when long-pressing the Down button it changes the screen for the top of the text to go from 12 o'clock to the 3 o'clock side, > 6 o'clock side, > 9 o'clock side, and then return back to the 12 o'clock side (Portrait). Similarly when long-pressing the up button, the top of the text goes from 12 o'clock to the 9 o'clock > 6 o'clock > 3 o'clock > 12 o'clock.

I see. You're viewing it from the perspective of the content moving (which is valid) whereas I am viewing it from the direction you need to move your device (and I only implemented it this way because that's how the orientations were originally labeled from Crosspoint. Landscape CCW = you need to turn your device CCW. Landscape CW = you need to turn your device CW). So the UP/DOWN button means turn your device that way.

[jeromedevine]

Would it be possible to add as an option say 'Orientation Change Reversed'? It would then be providing the functionality for how Crosspoint/vCodex has the Orientation Change coded with the side-buttons long-presses. I think it would be the best of both worlds, like how Apple codes the touchpad scrolling with two options either Natural or Reversed.

[uxjulia]

Would it be possible to add as an option say 'Orientation Change Reversed'? It would then be providing the functionality for how Crosspoint/vCodex has the Orientation Change coded with the side-buttons long-presses. I think it would be the best of both worlds, like how Apple codes the touchpad scrolling with two options either Natural or Reversed.

While I understand the ask, I don't want to bloat the firmware with too many settings. This already aligns with the original orientation labels and seems like Crosspoint/vCodex implemented the orientation change the opposite of how the orientation is actually labeled.