Aug 7, 2022, 7:15 am
Last edit by: SPN Lifer
should you be switched to mobile view, simply click on this link and you will be reset. Credit goes to @Zorak . Thanks!!
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/prof...ons&styleid=24
A possible solution for the opposite, cellphone switched to desktop view, and can't switch back to mobile view, is this link:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/prof...ons&styleid=22
However, there could be collateral consequences, as discussed in Post # 72, which also provides an alternative solution.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/prof...ons&styleid=24
A possible solution for the opposite, cellphone switched to desktop view, and can't switch back to mobile view, is this link:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/prof...ons&styleid=22
However, there could be collateral consequences, as discussed in Post # 72, which also provides an alternative solution.
Switched to mobile view and can't switch back to desktop view
Jan 11, 2024 | 10:43 am
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Full version on ipad
How do I get out of mobile version to full again, changed back again? Cant ever find where it seems
Jan 11, 2024 | 2:30 pm
#63
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If anyone is reading this in mobile mode against their volition, you can click on this direct link to the desktop version of the "Edit Options" page: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/prof...ons&styleid=24 where you can change the Forum Skin (2nd item under "Miscellaneous Options" near the bottom) to "Use Forum Default"
Sep 4, 2024 | 8:07 am
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Desktop suddenly switched to mobile layout, can't figure out how to go back
Hi,
out of nowhere, my destop FT just switched to Mobile layout. I don't have a "Use desktop version" button, because I am on a desktop.
How do I go back?
out of nowhere, my destop FT just switched to Mobile layout. I don't have a "Use desktop version" button, because I am on a desktop.
How do I go back?
Sep 4, 2024 | 9:38 am
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Switched to mobile view and can't switch back to desktop view
I regularly use a Chromebook to read FT and am not forced to use the mobile skin. IME once in a blue moon I end up in the mobile view after I use Google to search for site:flyertalk.com plus some search term and the indexed page for whatever reason is the mobile view.
You can switch back by clicking here:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/prof...ons&styleid=24
and setting your view back to "Use Forum Default"
or append ?styleid=24 or &styleid=24 to any FT URL in the browser bar (depending on whether it already has any CGI params)
You can switch back by clicking here:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/prof...ons&styleid=24
and setting your view back to "Use Forum Default"
or append ?styleid=24 or &styleid=24 to any FT URL in the browser bar (depending on whether it already has any CGI params)
Oct 3, 2024 | 10:07 pm
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It seems vey odd to me that the Edit Options page, where one could choose to switch the skin back, is different - and missing the choice of skins in the mobile version. IBJoel , since this question seems to come up so often, any chance of getting that fixed? I myself fell in to this trap on my desktop a few minutes ago, and spent a very frustrating 10 minutes trying to get out of it.
Jan 6, 2025 | 7:40 pm
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You can also force the full desktop skin by adding "?styleid=24" to the URL parameters. If there's already a ?x=y parameter in the URL you can append "&styleid=24" instead.
If anyone is reading this in mobile mode against their volition, you can click on this direct link to the desktop version of the "Edit Options" page: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/prof...ons&styleid=24 where you can change the Forum Skin (2nd item under "Miscellaneous Options" near the bottom) to "Use Forum Default"
If anyone is reading this in mobile mode against their volition, you can click on this direct link to the desktop version of the "Edit Options" page: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/prof...ons&styleid=24 where you can change the Forum Skin (2nd item under "Miscellaneous Options" near the bottom) to "Use Forum Default"
Jan 19, 2025 | 3:50 pm
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But not when it happens to you! Or its opposite.
I changed my cell phone to desktop view so I could add a Wikipost. Never again.
I almost stopped using FT for a week.
I don't remember anymore how I resolved this, but it may have involved deleting and reinstalling my DuckDuckGo browser.
Is there a thread or solution for the opposite, cellphone switched to desktop view, and can't switch back to mobile view? I asked the same question in the Wikipost, and will edit it if solved.
I changed my cell phone to desktop view so I could add a Wikipost. Never again.
I almost stopped using FT for a week.
I don't remember anymore how I resolved this, but it may have involved deleting and reinstalling my DuckDuckGo browser.
Is there a thread or solution for the opposite, cellphone switched to desktop view, and can't switch back to mobile view? I asked the same question in the Wikipost, and will edit it if solved.
Last edited by SPN Lifer; Jan 19, 2025 at 3:57 pm
Jan 19, 2025 | 5:22 pm
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I would try the same thing except that mobile skin is styleid=22
There may be a down side in that I vaguely recall that if you submitted the "edit options" dialog in mobile mode, it also resets the editor to the simple/basic editor (no font/color/bullet point/etc controls)
So it might be preferable to visit the options page in desktop mode (for example via the link in the wiki), find the "Forum Skin" section (it's right below the editor, as it turns out) and switch from "FT Desktop NG" to "Mobile One"
Last edited by Zorak; Feb 5, 2025 at 8:03 am
Feb 5, 2025 | 7:56 am
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Well that was weird. FT magically switched to mobile view on my laptop this morning 
Clicking the link at the top of the thread fixed it instantly.
-J.
Clicking the link at the top of the thread fixed it instantly.
-J.
Feb 7, 2025 | 1:56 am
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