diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/appstate.service.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/appstate.service.js
index b1a95fee7c..19b9061be6 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/appstate.service.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/appstate.service.js
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ function appState($rootScope) {
     // changed, we only expose methods to interact with the values.
 
     var globalState = {
-        showNavigation: null  
+        showNavigation: null,
+        touchDevice: null
     };
     
     var sectionState = {
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/dialog.service.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/dialog.service.js
index 4c918da849..e878f54269 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/dialog.service.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/dialog.service.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  */
 
 angular.module('umbraco.services')
-.factory('dialogService', function ($rootScope, $compile, $http, $timeout, $q, $templateCache, $log) {
+.factory('dialogService', function ($rootScope, $compile, $http, $timeout, $q, $templateCache, appState) {
 
        var dialogs = [];
        
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ angular.module('umbraco.services')
                      };
 
                      scope.swipeHide = function(e){
-                       if($rootScope.touchDevice){
+                       if(appState.getGlobalState("touchDevice")){
                             var selection = window.getSelection();
                             if(selection.type !== "Range"){
                               scope.hide();  
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/navigation.service.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/navigation.service.js
index f64e16b262..34b79b7669 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/navigation.service.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/navigation.service.js
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ function navigationService($rootScope, $routeParams, $log, $location, $q, $timeo
 
     var service = {
         active: false,
-        touchDevice: false,
         userDialog: undefined,
         ui: ui,
 
@@ -385,7 +384,7 @@ function navigationService($rootScope, $routeParams, $log, $location, $q, $timeo
                 return;
             }
 
-            if (!service.touchDevice) {
+            if (!appState.getGlobalState("touchDevice")) {
                 service.active = false;
                 $timeout(function() {
                     if (!service.active) {
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/init.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/init.js
index 78aab7383b..7ecc722acd 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/init.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/init.js
@@ -1,29 +1,34 @@
 /** Executed when the application starts */
-app.run(['userService', '$log', '$rootScope', '$location', 'navigationService', function (userService, $log, $rootScope, $location, navigationService) {
+app.run(['userService', '$log', '$rootScope', '$location', 'navigationService', 'appState',
+    function(userService, $log, $rootScope, $location, navigationService, appState) {
 
-    var firstRun = true;
+        var firstRun = true;
 
-    /** when we have a successful first route that is not the login page - meaning the user is authenticated
-        we'll get the current user from the user service and ensure it broadcasts it's events. If the route
-        is successful from after a login then this will not actually do anything since the authenticated event would
-        have alraedy fired, but if the user is loading the angularjs app for the first time and they are already authenticated
-        then this is when the authenticated event will be fired.
-    */
-    $rootScope.$on('$routeChangeSuccess', function (event, current, previous) {
-        if (firstRun && !$location.url().toLowerCase().startsWith("/login")) {
-            firstRun = false;
-            userService.getCurrentUser({ broadcastEvent: true });
-        }
-    });
+        /** when we have a successful first route that is not the login page - meaning the user is authenticated
+            we'll get the current user from the user service and ensure it broadcasts it's events. If the route
+            is successful from after a login then this will not actually do anything since the authenticated event would
+            have alraedy fired, but if the user is loading the angularjs app for the first time and they are already authenticated
+            then this is when the authenticated event will be fired.
+        */
+        $rootScope.$on('$routeChangeSuccess', function(event, current, previous) {
+            if (firstRun && !$location.url().toLowerCase().startsWith("/login")) {
+                firstRun = false;
+                userService.getCurrentUser({ broadcastEvent: true });
+            }
+        });
 
-    /** When the route change is rejected - based on checkAuth - we'll prevent the rejected route from executing including
-        wiring up it's controller, etc... and then redirect to the rejected URL.   */
-    $rootScope.$on('$routeChangeError', function (event, current, previous, rejection) {
-        event.preventDefault();
-        $location.path(rejection.path).search(rejection.search);
-    });
+        /** When the route change is rejected - based on checkAuth - we'll prevent the rejected route from executing including
+            wiring up it's controller, etc... and then redirect to the rejected URL.   */
+        $rootScope.$on('$routeChangeError', function(event, current, previous, rejection) {
+            event.preventDefault();
+            $location.path(rejection.path).search(rejection.search);
+        });
 
-    /* this will initialize the navigation service once the application has started */
-    navigationService.init();
+        /* this will initialize the navigation service once the application has started */
+        navigationService.init();
 
-}]);  
+        //check for touch device, add to global appState
+        var touchDevice = ("ontouchstart" in window || window.touch || window.navigator.msMaxTouchPoints === 5 || window.DocumentTouch && document instanceof DocumentTouch);
+        appState.setGlobalState("touchDevice", touchDevice);
+        
+    }]);
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diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/common/main.controller.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/common/main.controller.js
index e13c379aa1..81d224294a 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/common/main.controller.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/common/main.controller.js
@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@ function MainController($scope, $rootScope, $location, $routeParams, $timeout, $
 
     var legacyTreeJsLoaded = false;
     
-    //detect if the current device is touch-enabled
-    //todo, move this out of the controller
-    $rootScope.touchDevice = ("ontouchstart" in window || window.touch || window.navigator.msMaxTouchPoints===5 || window.DocumentTouch && document instanceof DocumentTouch);
-    navigationService.touchDevice = $rootScope.touchDevice;
-
     //the null is important because we do an explicit bool check on this in the view
     //the avatar is by default the umbraco logo    
     $scope.authenticated = null;
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/js/init.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/js/init.js
index 78aab7383b..7ecc722acd 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/js/init.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/js/init.js
@@ -1,29 +1,34 @@
 /** Executed when the application starts */
-app.run(['userService', '$log', '$rootScope', '$location', 'navigationService', function (userService, $log, $rootScope, $location, navigationService) {
+app.run(['userService', '$log', '$rootScope', '$location', 'navigationService', 'appState',
+    function(userService, $log, $rootScope, $location, navigationService, appState) {
 
-    var firstRun = true;
+        var firstRun = true;
 
-    /** when we have a successful first route that is not the login page - meaning the user is authenticated
-        we'll get the current user from the user service and ensure it broadcasts it's events. If the route
-        is successful from after a login then this will not actually do anything since the authenticated event would
-        have alraedy fired, but if the user is loading the angularjs app for the first time and they are already authenticated
-        then this is when the authenticated event will be fired.
-    */
-    $rootScope.$on('$routeChangeSuccess', function (event, current, previous) {
-        if (firstRun && !$location.url().toLowerCase().startsWith("/login")) {
-            firstRun = false;
-            userService.getCurrentUser({ broadcastEvent: true });
-        }
-    });
+        /** when we have a successful first route that is not the login page - meaning the user is authenticated
+            we'll get the current user from the user service and ensure it broadcasts it's events. If the route
+            is successful from after a login then this will not actually do anything since the authenticated event would
+            have alraedy fired, but if the user is loading the angularjs app for the first time and they are already authenticated
+            then this is when the authenticated event will be fired.
+        */
+        $rootScope.$on('$routeChangeSuccess', function(event, current, previous) {
+            if (firstRun && !$location.url().toLowerCase().startsWith("/login")) {
+                firstRun = false;
+                userService.getCurrentUser({ broadcastEvent: true });
+            }
+        });
 
-    /** When the route change is rejected - based on checkAuth - we'll prevent the rejected route from executing including
-        wiring up it's controller, etc... and then redirect to the rejected URL.   */
-    $rootScope.$on('$routeChangeError', function (event, current, previous, rejection) {
-        event.preventDefault();
-        $location.path(rejection.path).search(rejection.search);
-    });
+        /** When the route change is rejected - based on checkAuth - we'll prevent the rejected route from executing including
+            wiring up it's controller, etc... and then redirect to the rejected URL.   */
+        $rootScope.$on('$routeChangeError', function(event, current, previous, rejection) {
+            event.preventDefault();
+            $location.path(rejection.path).search(rejection.search);
+        });
 
-    /* this will initialize the navigation service once the application has started */
-    navigationService.init();
+        /* this will initialize the navigation service once the application has started */
+        navigationService.init();
 
-}]);  
+        //check for touch device, add to global appState
+        var touchDevice = ("ontouchstart" in window || window.touch || window.navigator.msMaxTouchPoints === 5 || window.DocumentTouch && document instanceof DocumentTouch);
+        appState.setGlobalState("touchDevice", touchDevice);
+        
+    }]);
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