True Portrait is a presentation setting that transforms the Presentation Editor into a native portrait environment — giving you a portrait-oriented canvas preview, a portrait media playlist, and full drag-and-drop field positioning, all without relying on CSS rotation.

Before True Portrait, building a portrait-layout presentation required a workaround: you would upload landscape-resolution media, then use a CSS transform: rotate(270deg) rule to rotate both the background and your dynamic text fields. While functional, this approach had real limitations:

True Portrait eliminates these workarounds by treating the presentation as portrait from the start.

Enable True Portrait when your display is physically mounted in portrait orientation and you want to:

Common use cases include portrait-mounted indoor menu boards, drive-thru order confirmation screens, single-panel digital menu towers, and digital directory signage in a portrait frame.

Note: Enable True Portrait before adding media to the playlist or creating drag-and-drop field positions. Enabling it after content has already been placed may require repositioning your fields for the portrait canvas.

The canvas preview in the Fields tab switches from a landscape (16:9) orientation to a portrait (9:16) orientation. What you see in the editor matches what will appear on a portrait-mounted display.

The Playlist tab accepts and displays media in portrait dimensions. Upload portrait-resolution images and videos — landscape media will not fill the screen correctly on a portrait display.

Drag-and-drop field positioning (enabled in Presentation Properties via Drag-n-Drop) works natively on the portrait canvas. You can drag fields to any position, and arrow-key nudging works correctly along portrait axes. No CSS rotation is needed to make fields appear right-side up on a portrait display.

Field Sections are fully supported in True Portrait presentations. Create sections, drag them into position on the portrait canvas, and configure their layout, typography, and image settings the same way you would in a landscape presentation.

Standard CSS for font size, color, and positioning works as expected. You do not need transform: rotate() to orient your text — fields render upright on the portrait canvas automatically.

Upload media at the dimensions that match your display's resolution. Do not use landscape dimensions in a True Portrait presentation.

See Content Formats & Specifications for recommended video bit rates and additional format details.

True Portrait is the recommended approach for any new portrait presentation. CSS rotation remains available for legacy presentations, but new builds should use True Portrait.