landscape vs portrait

[Joar Vatnaland]

I have just started with draw.io, and I find it very odd that when I change orientation from portrait to landscape (or the other way around), that the page does not actually reflect this.  I would expect a 16:9 page to be oriented as wider than it is tall.  Even when I choose custom as page size option and put in the numbers the other way around, the page STILL shows in the upright position.  The reason I am asking is that Google Slides uses the 16:9 format, and I am looking at the possibility of putting a drawing directly into Slides, and it would then be an advantage to have it in that orientation.

[Janet Gray]

Hi Joar, if you change the orientation in File > Page Setup from portrait to landscape the page shape does change. Select Page View in the View menu to see the page margins. 

Cheers Janet

[Janet Gray]

I think it is to do with the 16:9 page set up - it seems to be the opposite for Landscape and portrait (i.e. if you want landscape - choose portrait!) - if you have A4 it shows the typical Landscape/portrait layout. 

Cheers Janet

On Friday, 13 September 2019 22:10:38 UTC+10, Joar Vatnaland wrote:

[hk acct]

I see the same issue as Joar. Bizarre that it doesn't simply change the orientation of an 8.5 x 11 page. This can't be the intended result of switching orientation, can it?

As you point out Janet, I switched to 16:9 page size, then selected Portrait, to get the Landscape layout I wanted. This makes zero sense. 

[Gaudenz Alder]

We're unable to reproduce this problem. Could you attach a test case please?

[Paranooid]

SOLVED

I found the same issue - when changing from landscape on A4 page to portrait, it left the orientation the same and instead split the page.

However this was actually correct as I had a text box (with no borders so not immediately obvious) that was slightly too wide for the A4 page, so the software correctly assumed it would need the canvas to be two A4 pages in portrait side by side, in other words one A3 in landscape.

This was most frustrating until I spotted the text box - reducing the size of it the software automatically reduced the page back down to one single A4 page in portrait mode.

I think this may have caused the issues above, and why it cannot be replicated with a new page.

I hope this helps others.