Detect Desktop Browser (not mobile) with Javascript

Question

I found the following code to detect a desktop browser. But the method also detects some mobile browsers. How can I detect only desktop browsers like Safari, IE, Firefox, Opera etc?

is_desktopBrowser : function() {     var ua = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();      var rwebkit = /(webkit)[ \/]([\w.]+)/;     var ropera = /(opera)(?:.*version)?[ \/]([\w.]+)/;     var rmsie = /(msie) ([\w.]+)/;     var rmozilla = /(mozilla)(?:.*? rv:([\w.]+))?/;      var match = rwebkit.exec(ua) ||             ropera.exec(ua) ||             rmsie.exec(ua) ||             ua.indexOf("compatible") < 0 && rmozilla.exec(ua) ||             [];      return { browser: match[1] || "", version: match[2] || "0" }; }, 

Answer 1

jQuery.browser can be helpful when trying to figure out which browser. jQuery.browser was removed in jQuery 1.9.

I believe it is based on navigator.UserAgent, however navigator.UserAgent can tell you the OS on its own if you want.

Try this:

var isMobile = navigator.userAgent.match(/(iPad)|(iPhone)|(iPod)|(android)|(webOS)/i) 

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