Desktop to Mobile View Banner

[Don]

	Summary	This theme component adds a warning banner on a mobile device if it’s using the desktop view.
	Preview	Theme Creator
	Repository	GitHub - VaperinaDEV/desktop-to-mobile-view-banner · GitHub
	Install Guide	How to install a theme or theme component
	New to Discourse Themes?	Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes

Hello

This theme component adds a warning banner on a mobile device if it’s using the desktop view.

A common issue can be where a user accidentally uses the site on desktop view while using a mobile device. It can catch people unaware, the site won’t work as expected, and it hurts their general user experience.

This banner will warn those users they’re using the desktop view on a mobile device and offer them a link to click on to quickly rectify it.

There is a setting to change the desktop icon and translation (HTML format allowed) to change the text…

[Heliosurge (Dan DeMontmorency)]

Very nice, thank you.

[thoka (Thomas Kalka)]

Would it be possible to change to mobile view on narrow screens view without user action?

[Roi]

Is this component still maintained? I’m seeing this after upgrading Discourse today:

[THEME 9 'Desktop to Mobile View Banner'] DEPRECATION NOTICE: The file 'theme-9/discourse/templates/connectors/below-site-header/desktop-to-mobile-view-banner.hbs' uses the deprecated .hbs extension. Refactor it to use '.gjs' instead. [deprecation id: discourse.hbs-extension] [info: https://meta.discourse.org/t/398896]

Deprecating .hbs file extension in themes and plugins

In the latest version of Discourse, using .hbs files in themes and plugins is deprecated. Support for this file format will be removed after the next ESR release. Handlebars templates should be replaced with the more modern .gjs format, which provides a much better development experience, and will enable large performance improvements in future versions of Discourse. For simple cases, share your code with https://ask.discourse.com/, and ask it to rewrite in the .gjs format. For more complex c…

[david (David Taylor)]

Discourse no longer has separate desktop/mobile views, so I don’t think there’s a use-case for this component any more. Probably best to remove it from your site.

I’ll mark it end-of-life (please correct me if I’m wrong @don)

[Don]

Absolutely, thanks David!

[Roi]

@david

Discourse no longer has separate desktop/mobile views, so I don’t think there’s a use-case for this component any more.

Okay great thank you!

@david

Probably best to remove it from your site.

Already did!