Add link in hamburger menu to switch between mobile and desktop views

app/assets/javascripts/discourse.js

@@ -143,7 +143,8 @@ Discourse = Ember.Application.createWithMixins(Discourse.Ajax, {
     bootbox.animate(false);
     bootbox.backdrop(true); // clicking outside a bootbox modal closes it
 
-    Discourse.Session.currentProp('mobile', $html.hasClass('mobile'))
+    Discourse.Session.currentProp('mobileDevice', $html.hasClass('mobile-device'));
+    Discourse.Session.currentProp('mobileView', $html.hasClass('mobile-view'));
 
     setInterval(function(){
       Discourse.Formatter.updateRelativeAge($('.relative-date'));

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/header_controller.js

@@ -22,7 +22,19 @@ Discourse.HeaderController = Discourse.Controller.extend({
 
   showFavoriteButton: function() {
     return Discourse.User.current() && !this.get('topic.isPrivateMessage');
-  }.property('topic.isPrivateMessage')
+  }.property('topic.isPrivateMessage'),
+
+  mobileDevice: function() {
+    return Discourse.Session.currentProp('mobileDevice');
+  }.property(),
+
+  mobileView: function() {
+    return Discourse.Session.currentProp('mobileView');
+  }.property(),
+
+  toggleMobileView: function() {
+    window.location.assign(window.location.pathname + '?mobile_view=' + (Discourse.Session.currentProp('mobileView') ? '0' : '1'));
+  }
 
 });
 

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/ember/resolver.js

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Discourse.Resolver = Ember.DefaultResolver.extend({
     @returns {Template} the template (if found)
   **/
   resolveTemplate: function(parsedName) {
-    if (Discourse.Session.currentProp('mobile')) {
+    if (Discourse.Session.currentProp('mobileView')) {
       var mobileParsedName = this.parseName(parsedName.fullName.replace("template:", "template:mobile/"));
       var mobileTemplate = this.findTemplate(mobileParsedName);
       if (mobileTemplate) return mobileTemplate;

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/header.js.handlebars

@@ -123,6 +123,17 @@
           {{#titledLinkTo "list.latest" titleKey="filters.latest.help"}}{{i18n filters.latest.title}}{{/titledLinkTo}}
         </li>
         <li>{{faqLink}}</li>
+        {{#if mobileDevice}}
+          <li>
+            <a href="#" {{action toggleMobileView}}>
+              {{#if mobileView}}
+                {{i18n desktop_view}}
+              {{else}}
+                {{i18n mobile_view}}
+              {{/if}}
+            </a>
+          </li>
+        {{/if}}
       </ul>
 
       {{#if categories}}

app/helpers/application_helper.rb

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ module ApplicationHelper
   end
 
   def html_classes
-    mobile_view? ? 'mobile' : ''
+    "#{mobile_view? ? 'mobile-view' : ''} #{mobile_device? ? 'mobile-device' : ''}"
   end
 
   def escape_unicode(javascript)
@@ -109,7 +109,11 @@ module ApplicationHelper
     if session[:mobile_view]
       session[:mobile_view] == '1'
     else
+      mobile_device?
+    end
+  end
+
+  def mobile_device?
     request.user_agent =~ /Mobile|webOS/
   end
-  end
 end

config/locales/client.en.yml

@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ en:
     links: Links
     faq: "FAQ"
     privacy_policy: "Privacy Policy"
+    mobile_view: "Mobile View"
+    desktop_view: "Desktop View"
     you: "You"
     or: "or"
     now: "just now"

test/stylesheets/test_helper.css

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 /*
- *= require application
+ *= require desktop
  *= require_tree .
 */