# How to tell if a session is the designer in Perspective

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective, ignition80\
**Created:** [October 19, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-tell-if-a-session-is-the-designer-in-perspective/52125 "2021-10-19T17:19:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![witman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d2c977/32.png) [@witman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/witman)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-tell-if-a-session-is-the-designer-in-perspective/52125/6 "2022-10-21T18:02:47Z")

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> [@\[IGN-6238\] Designer session type changes from designer to browser](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-6238-designer-session-type-changes-from-designer-to-browser/60867/2):
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> Hi witman, I’ve managed to recreate this in 8.1.17. I’ll open up a bug ticket for it!

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