# Lock Axis when rotating camera **URL:** \ **Category:** CesiumJS\ **Created:** [August 15, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/lock-axis-when-rotating-camera/669 "2013-08-15T17:25:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lorenzo\_Campanis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9dc877/32.png) [@Lorenzo\_Campanis](https://community.cesium.com/u/Lorenzo_Campanis)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/lock-axis-when-rotating-camera/669/1 "2013-08-15T17:25:32Z")
Hi, I am looking for the best approach in locking the y-axis. So that the camera rotates left and right only. I have looked into > scene.getScreenSpaceCameraController().enableRotate = false; But this locks all directions Can we lock up and down? Or is there some other way? Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Matt\_Amato](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/cesium/user_avatar/community.cesium.com/matt_amato/32/1993_2.png) [@Matt\_Amato](https://community.cesium.com/u/Matt_Amato)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 2:56pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/lock-axis-when-rotating-camera/669/2 "2013-09-03T14:56:06Z")
Lorenzo, I don’t personally know how to do it, but I’m bumping this so Dan can hopefully answer. If it’s not trivial, then I’ll write up a feature request, so that we don’t forget about it. ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_Bagnell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba9def/32.png) [@Dan\_Bagnell](https://community.cesium.com/u/Dan_Bagnell)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/lock-axis-when-rotating-camera/669/3 "2013-09-03T18:10:04Z")
Hi Lorenzo, There is no way to restrict the camera to rotate left and right only. You could add a custom render loop where you could do this: // perform built in camera updates scene.initializeFrame(); var camera = scene.getCamera(); // set the camera position to be in the plane of the equator camera.position.z = 0.0; // reset the direction to point towards the center of the earth Cartesian3.negate(camera.position, camera.direction); Cartesian3.normalize(camera.direction, camera.direction); // orient so that ‘up’ is pointing north Cartesian3.clone(Cartesian3.UNIT\_Z, camera.up); Cartesian3.cross(camera.direction, camera.up, camera.right); // render scene scene.render(); This code would only work in 3D. If you need help with 2D or Columbus view modes, let us know. ---
**Author:** ![mathew.callow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@mathew.callow](https://community.cesium.com/u/mathew.callow)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/lock-axis-when-rotating-camera/669/4 "2016-05-04T15:35:35Z")
Hi Daniel, I'm looking in to doing basically the same thing myself, for the purposes of making something comparable to a traditional desktop globe, tilted at an angle with a pivot through the poles. It's been a few years, and I could see this being a feature which had been added in the mean-time. Is your method above still the best way to achieve this kind of effect? Thanks, Mat ---
**Author:** ![hannah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/cesium/user_avatar/community.cesium.com/hannah/32/4509_2.png) [@hannah](https://community.cesium.com/u/hannah)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/lock-axis-when-rotating-camera/669/5 "2016-05-05T14:22:32Z")
Hello Mat, I don’t think anything has been implemented to handle that type of functionality. The solution provided above should still work. Best, Hannah ---
**Author:** ![mathew.callow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@mathew.callow](https://community.cesium.com/u/mathew.callow)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/lock-axis-when-rotating-camera/669/6 "2016-05-05T14:25:32Z")
Hi Hannah, Ah, okay. The given solution seems a little rough (though that might just be my implementation!), but it works. Thanks for letting me know! Regards, Mat ---
**Author:** ![pankaj.bhatotia123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b782af/32.png) [@pankaj.bhatotia123](https://community.cesium.com/u/pankaj.bhatotia123)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 12:15pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/lock-axis-when-rotating-camera/669/7 "2016-05-18T12:15:22Z")
hello, i am trying lock the axis so camera does not roll. i want my camera to move left to right ant up and down (specially in VR mode). guyz please help this causes problem in my project. Thank you ---
**Author:** ![11148](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/db5fbb/32.png) [@11148](https://community.cesium.com/u/11148)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/lock-axis-when-rotating-camera/669/8 "2018-03-19T01:47:35Z")
Is there a newer method for this function with the Cesium 1.43？ 在 2013年8月16日星期五 UTC+8上午1:25:32，Lorenzo Campanis写道： ---
**Author:** ![Gabby\_Getz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/cesium/user_avatar/community.cesium.com/gabby_getz/32/7838_2.png) [@Gabby\_Getz](https://community.cesium.com/u/Gabby_Getz)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/lock-axis-when-rotating-camera/669/9 "2018-03-20T14:08:47Z")
Not currently, I would still use the solution described above. Thanks, Gabby