How to make a nav HREF load the link differently depending on browser size

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UPDATE : I Suppose a better way to describe it is i want the link to load a different page depending on screen size so if on desktop it loads page1.html when clicked and if on mobile it loads page2.html when clicked.

So im at a loss with this one, I have a nav bar on my website and on that is the word "forum" when you click forum it loads a lytebox and the forum loads within that, now that is great for laptops or desktops, but doesn't load so well with mobiles, so what I wanted to know... is it possible to add any script that says if the user is using a mobile phone or a screen res that is small, that it opens the link as a new page rather than using the lytebox.

I'll add my nav code below so you can see the current set up.

<div class="nav-collapse collapse pull-right">
    <ul class="nav" id="top-navigation">
        <li class="active"><a href="index.html">home</a>    </li>
        <li><a href="#" id="showRight">TS Viewer</a></li>
        <li><a href="#price">Servers</a></li>
        <li><a href="squad.html">Members</a></li>
        <li><a href="http://www.myforum.com/example" rel="lyteframe" title="IRU" rev="width:100%; height:100%; scrolling: no;">Forum</a></li>
        <li><a href="#donate">Donate</a></li>
        <li><a href="#contact">Contact</a></li>   
    </ul>
</div>

you can make two links with different classes and show/hide them in a css rule inside a media query — dandavis, Jun 17 '15 at 08:06
possible duplicate of [Get the size of the screen, current web page and browser window](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3437786/get-the-size-of-the-screen-current-web-page-and-browser-window) — blgt, Jun 17 '15 at 08:14

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 17 '15 at 08:09

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$("#nav a").click(function(){
if( /Android|webOS|iPhone|iPad|iPod|BlackBerry|IEMobile|Opera Mini/i.test(navigator.userAgent) || $(window).width()<=768){
        //mobile
    }
    else{
        //pc
    }
});

answered Jun 17 '15 at 08:09

mickrus

13
5

Thanks for that, could you share how i would intergrate that with my nav forum section so - '
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ashjones86

Jun 17 '15 at 08:13

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 17 '15 at 08:12

Use this function to detect if the user is using a mobile browser. Quick reference here

window.mobilecheck = function() {
  var check = false;
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  return check;
}

and make a script at the end of your page something like:

<script type="text/javascript">
  if (window.mobilecheck === true) {
    $('a#yourid').removeProp('rel');
  }
</script>

This uses jQuery but can be done in javascript also it removes the rel attribute which is used by the lytebox, but can also be done in other ways.

andresigualada · Answer 3 · 2015-06-17T10:23:46.150

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HTML:

<li><a href="myforum.com/example" rel="lyteframe" title="IRU" rev="width:100%; height:100%; scrolling: no;">Forum</a></li>

JS:

$(function() {
    $('.mobile-links,[rel="lyteframe"]').click(function(e) {
        if( /Android|webOS|iPhone|iPad|iPod|BlackBerry|IEMobile|Opera Mini/i.test(navigator.userAgent) ) {
            e.preventDefault();
            e.stopPropagation();
            $(this).removeProp('rel');
            location.href = $(this).attr('href');
        }
    });
});

edited Jun 17 '15 at 10:23

answered Jun 17 '15 at 08:14

andresigualada

131
5

Hi Andres thanks for helping, could you possible show me how i would work this using the code that i provided, this line in particular as it loads the lytebox when on desktop - `
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ashjones86

Jun 17 '15 at 08:29

Already edited. Could you test it? I have improved the code, so you don't need to add any class to the elements. Now works when the element has the property rel="lyteframe" or the class "mobile-links". – andresigualada Jun 17 '15 at 08:36

Thanks Andrews, just tested it, it still loads the forum in the lytebox, what i want is that if im on a mobile that is does not use lyte box, so lyte for pc but the forum loads as separate page if on mobile., thanks for your help. – ashjones86 Jun 17 '15 at 08:49

I have just edited my example, try it again. How is lytebox triggered? Through a class, "rel" property..? Maybe it has another attached event to the element 'a' or 'li' which prevent the code to execute properly – andresigualada Jun 17 '15 at 10:25

How to make a nav HREF load the link differently depending on browser size

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