Button to change layout from desktop to mobile

Map_HeRo · 2023-01-30T21:38:28.909Z

Continuing the discussion from Fazit nach den ersten Wochen mit Discourse:

When entering the forum on some mobile devices there is a button at the bottom of the new sidebar, offering the opportunity to switch between different layouts for desktop or mobile use:

Fazit nach den ersten Wochen mit Discourse

In der Mobilen Ansicht erhalte ich ein Desktop-Symbol

In der Desktop-Ansicht dann die Symbole für die Mobile Ansicht und die Tastatur.

Und bei ist es grad egal ob am Handy, Tablet, privaten Laptop oder Geschäftslaptop. Daher dachte ich auch, das sei grundsätzlich möglich. Aber meine beiden Laptops sind offensichtlich mobile Geräte…

This button (appearing with 2 different symbols) is not available if one is working on a simple desktop.

Again it is not available on some mobile devices, I have tried it with a brandnew mobile convertible laptop and there is no such button.

I have searched the Discourse documentation but I cannot find an explicit explanation to this issue although it appears that the display of the button depends on the browser in use of the mobile device. Does anyone know more details about this feature?

nukeador · 2023-01-31T09:06:07.099Z

I have no additional info about this, if it’s not part of the official documentation, most likely this is a feature/bug request for them (mobile browser detection + availability on desktop)

SomeoneElse · 2023-01-31T09:52:20.606Z

nukeador:

most likely this is a feature/bug request for them

Indeed, or for better / any documentation!

nukeador · 2023-08-10T21:08:38.845Z

Was this fixed now that we have updated to Discourse 3.1?