# Perspective Phone Web Browser **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [April 30, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-phone-web-browser/46208 "2021-04-30T15:33:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jramirez3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@jramirez3](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jramirez3)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-phone-web-browser/46208/1 "2021-04-30T15:33:27Z")
How do you know if the user is using a phone and a web browser to view perspective project? I have a column container and I need to know if the small view is active. ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-phone-web-browser/46208/2 "2021-04-30T15:38:35Z")
If they’re using a native app, [`session.props.device.type`](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Session+Properties#SessionProperties-SessionPropertiesTable). But know that it’s an antipattern to try to design against a specific device or screen resolution (and an impossibility, anyways; look into CSS pixels, etc). Use breakpoints, and allow your users to determine scaling as they need to - and respect their decisions. ---
**Author:** ![jacob.ramirez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@jacob.ramirez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jacob.ramirez)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-phone-web-browser/46208/3 "2022-05-12T20:51:43Z")
@paul-griffith I’m running a perspective project on my Android phone using Chrome. That session property is showing a value of “designer”. It shouldn’t be that value. How do I prevent it from saying designer when running a perspective session? ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-phone-web-browser/46208/4 "2022-05-12T21:08:33Z")
That just sounds like a bug. You should contact support. ---
**Author:** ![kgamble](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kgamble/32/8019_2.png) [@kgamble](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kgamble)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-phone-web-browser/46208/5 "2022-05-12T21:34:23Z")
> [@jacob.ramirez](#): > > I’m running a perspective project on my Android phone using Chrome. That session property is showing a value of “designer”. I've actually seen this happen if I have a session open in a browser (Phone or not) as well as a designer session open. If you close the designer session and re-open the web session it should solve it temporarily (Did for me) > [@paul-griffith](#): > > That just sounds like a bug. But probably still a bug ---
**Author:** ![jacob.ramirez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@jacob.ramirez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jacob.ramirez)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-phone-web-browser/46208/6 "2022-05-12T21:44:23Z")
I have tried that a few times with no luck. I have sent a ticket to support with more background info. I’m seeing this on our production environment which is accessed through a domain name with nginx on the server. This may be a part of why it’s doing that but I’m not sure.