Option sensor orientation selection seems to misbehave

Is there an existing issue for this?

• This is a bug in RetroArch frontend
• I have searched the existing issues

Description

I believe this is a bug in the frontend, please move where appropriate if this is not the case.

I've observed the behavior while testing an issue here:

Option sensor orientation.

By default it is set to 0degree.
Tried changing to 90degree, but after selecting 90, the values was still on 0.
Tried changing to 180degree, but after selecting 180, the values changes to 90.
Tried changing to 270degree, but after selecting 270, the values changes to 180.
Tried changing to 0degree, but after selecting 0, the values changes to auto.

Expected behavior

I would expect that when the user selects 0 degree, the value changes to 0.
I would expect that when the user selects 90 degree, the value changes to 90.
I would expect that when the user selects 180 degree, the value changes to 180.
I would expect that when the user selects 270 degree, the value changes to 270.

Since the UI can represent also the value auto, I would expect that auto is a selectable option

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Start retroarch
2. Go to Settings > Input > Motion / Light Sensor > Sensor Orientation
3. Change the value to 0, 90, 180, or 270
4. observe that the value does not change to what the user selected

Version/Commit

Version: 1.22.2 (Git 3936817) May 8 2026

Bisect Results

No response

Present in the nightly version

I don't know

Platform & operating system

Linux x64

Affected Cores

settings are generic, they are not tied to any core

Environment information

No response

Relevant log output

[INFO] [Config] Looking for config in: "/home/fekir/Downloads/RetroArch/RetroArch-Linux-x86_64/RetroArch-Linux-x86_64.AppImage.home/.config/retroarch/retroarch.cfg".
[INFO] [Config] Looking for config in: "/home/fekir/Downloads/RetroArch/RetroArch-Linux-x86_64/RetroArch-Linux-x86_64.AppImage.home/.retroarch.cfg".
[INFO] [Config] Created new config file in: "/home/fekir/Downloads/RetroArch/RetroArch-Linux-x86_64/RetroArch-Linux-x86_64.AppImage.home/.config/retroarch/retroarch.cfg".
[INFO] RetroArch 1.22.2 (Git 3936817)
[INFO] === Build =======================================
[INFO] CPU Model Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8565U CPU @ 1.80GHz
[INFO] Capabilities: MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4 SSE42 AES AVX AVX2 
[INFO] Version: 1.22.2
[INFO] Git: 3936817
[INFO] Built: May  8 2026
[INFO] =================================================
[INFO] [Input] Found input driver: "x".
[INFO] [Environ] SET_PIXEL_FORMAT: RGB565.
[INFO] [Core] Version of libretro API: 1, Compiled against API: 1
[INFO] [Core] Geometry: 320x240, Aspect: 1.333, FPS: 60.00, Sample rate: 48000.00 Hz.
[INFO] [Video] Set video size to: fullscreen.
[INFO] [Wayland] Registered interface wl_compositor at version 6.
[INFO] [Wayland] Registered interface zxdg_decoration_manager_v1 at version 1.
[INFO] [Wayland] Registered interface wp_viewporter at version 1.
[INFO] [Wayland] Registered interface wp_fractional_scale_manager_v1 at version 1.
[INFO] [Wayland] Registered interface wl_shm at version 2.
[INFO] [Wayland] Registered interface wl_seat at version 10.
[INFO] [Wayland] Registered interface zwp_pointer_constraints_v1 at version 1.
[INFO] [Wayland] Registered interface zwp_relative_pointer_manager_v1 at version 1.
[INFO] [Wayland] Registered interface wl_data_device_manager at version 3.
[INFO] [Wayland] Registered interface wp_cursor_shape_manager_v1 at version 2.
[INFO] [Wayland] Registered interface zwp_idle_inhibit_manager_v1 at version 1.
[INFO] [Wayland] Registered interface wp_content_type_manager_v1 at version 1.
[INFO] [Wayland] Registered interface xdg_toplevel_icon_manager_v1 at version 1.
[INFO] [Wayland] Registered interface wp_single_pixel_buffer_manager_v1 at version 1.
[INFO] [Wayland] Registered interface xdg_wm_base at version 6.
[INFO] [Wayland] Registered interface wl_output at version 4.
[INFO] [EGL] Found EGL client version >= 1.5, trying eglGetPlatformDisplay.
[INFO] [EGL] EGL version: 1.5.
[INFO] [GL] Found GL context: "wayland".
[INFO] [GL] Detecting screen resolution: 1920x1080.
[INFO] [EGL] Current context: 0x24b77b70.
[INFO] [Wayland] Failed to specify monitor for fullscreen, letting compositor decide.
[INFO] [GL] Vendor: Intel, Renderer: Mesa Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620 (WHL GT2).
[INFO] [GL] Version: 4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 26.0.4-1.
[INFO] [GL] Using resolution 1920x1080.
[INFO] [GL] Default shader backend found: glsl.
[INFO] [GL] Using GLSL shader backend.
[INFO] [GLSL] Checking GLSL shader support...
[WARN] [GLSL] Stock GLSL shaders will be used.
[INFO] [GLSL] Found GLSL vertex shader.
[INFO] [GLSL] Found GLSL fragment shader.
[INFO] [GLSL] Linking GLSL program.
[INFO] [GLSL] Found GLSL vertex shader.
[INFO] [GLSL] Found GLSL fragment shader.
[INFO] [GLSL] Linking GLSL program.
[INFO] [GLSL] Found GLSL vertex shader.
[INFO] [GLSL] Found GLSL fragment shader.
[INFO] [GLSL] Linking GLSL program.
[INFO] [GL] Using 4 textures.
[INFO] [GL] Loaded 1 program(s).
[INFO] [GL] Using GL_RGB565 for texture uploads.
[INFO] [Input] Found joypad driver: "udev".
[INFO] [Wayland] Enabling idle inhibitor.
[INFO] [Video] Found display server: "null".
[INFO] [Audio] Set audio input rate to: 48000.00 Hz.
[INFO] [PulseAudio] Requested 24576 bytes buffer, got 18432.
[INFO] [Audio] Started synchronous audio driver.
[INFO] [ALSA] Using ALSA version 1.2.15.3
[INFO] [Microphone] Initialized microphone driver.
[INFO] [Display] Found display driver: "gl".
[INFO] [Config] Saved config to "/home/fekir/Downloads/RetroArch/RetroArch-Linux-x86_64/RetroArch-Linux-x86_64.AppImage.home/.config/retroarch/retroarch.cfg".
[INFO] [Playlist] Loading favorites file: "/home/fekir/Downloads/RetroArch/RetroArch-Linux-x86_64/RetroArch-Linux-x86_64.AppImage.home/.config/retroarch/playlists/builtin/content_favorites.lpl".
[INFO] [Playlist] Loading history file: "/home/fekir/Downloads/RetroArch/RetroArch-Linux-x86_64/RetroArch-Linux-x86_64.AppImage.home/.config/retroarch/playlists/builtin/content_history.lpl".
[INFO] [Playlist] Loading history file: "/home/fekir/Downloads/RetroArch/RetroArch-Linux-x86_64/RetroArch-Linux-x86_64.AppImage.home/.config/retroarch/playlists/builtin/content_image_history.lpl".
[INFO] [Playlist] Loading history file: "/home/fekir/Downloads/RetroArch/RetroArch-Linux-x86_64/RetroArch-Linux-x86_64.AppImage.home/.config/retroarch/playlists/builtin/content_music_history.lpl".
[INFO] [Config] Saved config to "/home/fekir/Downloads/RetroArch/RetroArch-Linux-x86_64/RetroArch-Linux-x86_64.AppImage.home/.config/retroarch/retroarch.cfg".
[INFO] [Core] Unloading core...
[INFO] [Core] Unloading core symbols...

Start by reproducing the issue through Settings > Input > Motion / Light Sensor > Sensor Orientation on Linux x64, checking each listed value including auto. The payload names no source file or test, so locate the generic frontend setting implementation from this menu path. Done means selecting 0, 90, 180, 270, or auto displays the same value selected.