JQuery Mobile

jQuery Mobile is a touch-optimized web framework (also known as a mobile framework), more specifically a JavaScript library, developed by the jQuery project team. The development focuses on creating a framework compatible with a wide variety of smartphones and tablet computers, made necessary by the growing but heterogeneous tablet and smartphone market. The jQuery Mobile framework is compatible with other mobile app frameworks and platforms such as PhoneGap, Worklight and more.
Features.
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Example usage.
$('div').on('tap', function(event){
 alert('element tapped ');
$(document).ready(function(){
 $('.myList li').on('click touchstart', function() {
 $('.myDiv').slideDown('500');
A basic example.
What follows is a basic jQuery Mobile project utilizing HTML5 semantic elements. It is important to link to the jQuery and jQuery Mobile JavaScript libraries, and stylesheet (the files can be downloaded and hosted locally, but it is recommended to link to the files hosted on the jQuery CDN).
A screen of the project is defined by a codice_1 HTML5 element, and codice_2 of codice_3. Note that codice_2 is an example of the HTML5 codice_5 attribute, in this case being defined by jQuery Mobile. A page may have codice_6 and codice_7 elements with codice_2 of codice_6 and codice_7, respectively. In between, there may be an codice_11 element, with a codice_12 of codice_13 and a codice_14 of codice_15. Lastly, a codice_16 element, with codice_2 of codice_18 may be present.
One HTML document can contain more than one codice_1 element, and thus more than one screenful of content. This way it is only necessary to load one file which includes multiple pages of content. One page can link to another page within the same file by referencing the page's id attribute (e.g. codice_20).
In the example below, two other data- attributes are used. The codice_21 attribute tells the browser what theme to render. The codice_22 attribute adds a back button to the page if set to codice_23.
Lastly, icons can be added to elements via the codice_24 attribute. jQuery Mobile has fifty commonly-used icons built in.
A brief explanation of the Data Attributes used in this example:
data-role – Specifies the role of the element, such as header, content, footer, etc.
data-theme – Specifies which design theme to use for elements within a container. Can be set to: a or b.
data-position – Specifies whether the element should be fixed, in which case it will render at the top (for header) or bottom (for footer).
data-transition – Specifies one of ten built-in animations to use when loading new pages.
data-icon – Specifies one of fifty built-in icons that can be added to an element.
<!doctype html>
<html>
 <head>
 <meta charset="utf-8">
 <title>jQuery Mobile Example</title>
 <meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1, user-scalable=no, width=device-width">
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.css"> 
 </head>
 <body>
 <section data-role="page" id="first" data-theme="a">
 <header data-role="header" data-position="fixed">
 <h1>Page 1 Header</h1>
 </header>
 <article role="main" class="ui-content">
 <h2>Hello, world!</h2>
 <a href="#second" data-role="button" data-inline="true" data-transition="flow" data-icon="carat-r" data-iconpos="right">Go to Page 2</a>
 </article>
 <footer data-role="footer" data-position="fixed">
 <h4>Page 1 Footer</h4>
 </footer>
 </section>
 <section data-role="page" id="second" data-theme="b">
 <header data-role="header" data-position="fixed" data-add-back-btn="true">
 <h1>Page 2 Header</h1>
 </header>
 <article role="main" class="ui-content">
 <h2>Example Page</h2>
 </article>
 <footer data-role="footer" data-position="fixed">
 <h4>Page 2 Footer</h4>
 </footer>
 </section>
 <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"></script>
 <script src="https://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.js"></script>
 </body>
</html>
Theming.
jQuery Mobile provides a theming framework that allows developers to customize color schemes and certain CSS aspects of UI features. Developers can use the jQuery Mobile ThemeRoller application to customize these appearances and create branded experiences. After developing a theme in the ThemeRoller application, programmers can download a custom CSS file and include it in their project to use their custom theme.
Each theme can contain up to 26 unique color "swatches," each of which consists of a header bar, content body, and button states. Combining different swatches allows developers to create a wider range of visual effects than they would be able to with just one swatch per theme. Switching between different swatches within a theme is as simple as adding an attribute called "data-theme" to HTML elements.
The default jQuery Mobile theme comes with two different color swatches, named "a" and "b". Here is an example of how to create a toolbar with the "b" swatch:
<div data-role="header" data-theme="b"> 
 <h1>Page Title</h1> 
</div> 
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There are already a handful of open source style themes that are developed and supported by third-party organizations. One such open source style theme is the Metro style theme that was developed and released by Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. The Metro style theme is meant to mimic the UI of the Metro (design language) that Microsoft uses in its mobile operating systems.
Mobile browser support.
Key:
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