Since an upgrade last week, it seems like I get switched over to tablet mode frequently, losing the left sidebar. I can get it back, but it is a bit annoying.

[image] Mike Nolan: switched over to tablet mode I was like “what the heck is tablet mode?” so I got the answer and realized the last time I used Windows was version 8. :laughing: Is there no setting for disabling per site or something? I’m just curious because I had no idea that there wa…

I think tablet mode and mobile mode are the same thing, maybe the terminology isn’t used consistently or it was just my bad. But somehow I’m getting into that mode and I’m not clicking on the icon to switch to mobile mode. Many’s the time I have wished I didn’t have to use Windows!

You say you’re losing the left sidebar. Doesn’t it mean nothing else changes?

It goes into mobile mode, I have to switch back to desktop mode to get the left sidebar back. I’m not sure what I’m doing to cause the mode change, nothing intentional. But it’s occurring several times a day. It does not seem to be happening on the meta site, just on my self-hosted site, which wa…

Hey Mike :waving_hand: Can you share more info about your site (your site url if it’s public) and the used device? So we can test it and see more clearly what is happening. :slightly_smiling_face:

There are two sites in the multi-site container: [image] HuskerList TSSI Discussion LIst for the Huskers [image] NU Sports List TSSI Discussion List for Northwestern University Sports It happens in both of them. I’ve…

The mode change seems to happen right after I make a post.

@MikeNolan , I wanted to register on your forum to check things, but we can’t at the moment. I suggest you upgrade Discourse, the issue was fixed two days ago: https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/24169

Being switched to tablet mode somehow

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MikeNolan (Mike Nolan) October 30, 2023, 8:24pm 6

Followup: It’s happened at least once since updating Discourse.

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Being switched to tablet mode somehow

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