Would be great to have an option in settings to request desktop site by default for all websites so I need not manually request desktop site every time when using ipad.
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Hello!
Thanks for reaching out. If you want to load websites in desktop mode by default on your iPad, then first press the kabob menu button. Click on Settings, scroll down and click Site Settings. Click on Desktop Mode and switch Desktop Mode to ON.
I hope this helps!
What is the kabob menu button? I could not find desktop mode anywhere on ipad interface.
A kabob menu is the 3 dots in a vertical line like the image below. On the iPad it may just be a regular hamburger menu (3 dashes).
I still could not find the option site settings and desktop mode from the menu on ios. I believe there is this feature on android but not on ios.
You are correct @Brave.user, this is currently only available in Android. I have logged this issue on GitHub so we can track it better. Thanks for the suggestion.
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@Brave.user,
Just in case you were unaware, long-pressing the reload icon, will reveal a shortcut to set the site view to Desktop Mode.
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I recognize this is an old post, but this is exactly what I came here to request.
I just tried Brave in my hunt for the perfect IOS browser. I’m impressed, but I would desperately request to be able to have a default option for desktop user spoofing in all IOS versions, iPhone included, not just iPad, for those of us who don’t prefer to use the mobile web.
Thanks for reading and considering.
-J
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Big thx to you! Good looking out!, U were the only one that gave me the correct answer. Honestly, iPhone has it just like the android but not my iPad. I wouldn’t even have thought of that shortcut key if I didn’t see your advice. Now that I think about it I think I have used such feature on Safari a while ago. I will definitely look more closely next time and see if I can reapply the same methods that I use for the other browsers.
Thx!
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We are currently building this option and it is scheduled for our next release 1.12. We have a GitHub ticket for it. Given a few limitations this may be an iOS 13 only feature.
Desktop sites will also be the new iPadOS default starting in iOS 13.
joel, thank you for your reply and for your work on this.
Can we please make “always request desktop site” an option for IOS on mobile/iPhone as well, not just for iPad?
I looked at the GitHub ticket and it looked to be just for iPad.
I have to manually request desktop site every time I pull up a site on mobile, and I can’t say how much I’d appreciate this option.
Thanks for reading.
-J
I created an account to add my support for this request. Android has the option to request desktop sites, so should iOS (specifically iPhone, not just iPads). It’d also be nice to have specific sites remember or be configurable to only use desktop sites.
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