<dd>Programmatically change from one page to another. This method is used internally for the page loading and transitioning that occurs as a result of clicking a link or submitting a form, when those features are enabled.</dd>
<li><code>allowSamePageTransition</code> (<em>boolean</em>, default: false) By default, changePage() ignores requests to change to the current active page. Setting this option to true, allows the request to execute. Developers should note that some of the page transitions assume that the fromPage and toPage of a changePage request are different, so they may not animate as expected. Developers are responsible for either providing a proper transition, or turning it off for this specific case.</li>
<li><code>reverse</code> (<em>boolean</em>, default: false) Decides what direction the transition will run when showing the page. </li>
<li><code>showLoadMsg</code> (<em>boolean</em>, default: true) Decides whether or not to show the loading message when loading external pages.</li>
<li><code>role</code> (<em>string</em>, default: undefined) The data-role value to be used when displaying the page. By default this is undefined which means rely on the value of the @data-role attribute defined on the element.</li>
<li><code>transition</code> (<em>string</em>, default: $.mobile.defaultPageTransition) The transition to use when showing the page. </li>
<li><code>type</code> (<em>string</em>, default: "get") Specifies the method ("get" or "post") to use when making a page request.
<dd>Load an external page, enhance its content, and insert it into the DOM. This method is called internally by the changePage() function when its first argument is a URL. This function does not affect the current active page so it can be used to load pages in the background. The function returns a deferred promise object that gets resolved after the page has been enhanced and inserted into the document.</dd>
<li><code>data</code> (<em>object</em> or string, default: undefined) The data to send with an Ajax page request. </li>
<li><code>loadMsgDelay</code> (<em>number (in ms)</em>, default: 50) Forced delay before the loading message is shown. This is meant to allow time for a page that has already been visited to be fetched from cache without a loading message.</li>
<li><code>pageContainer</code> (jQuery collection, default: $.mobile.pageContainer) Specifies the element that should contain the page after it is loaded. </li>
<li><code>reloadPage</code> (<em>boolean</em>, default: false) Forces a reload of a page, even if it is already in the DOM of the page container. </li>
<li><code>role</code> (<em>string</em>, default: undefined) The data-role value to be used when displaying the page. By default this is undefined which means rely on the value of the @data-role attribute defined on the element.</li>
<dd>When working with jQuery Mobile, <code>jqmData</code> and <code>jqmRemoveData</code> should be used in place of jQuery core's <code>data</code> and <code>removeData</code> methods (note that this includes $.fn.data, $.fn.removeData, and the $.data, $.removeData, and $.hasData utilities), as they automatically incorporate getting and setting of namespaced data attributes (even if no namespace is currently in use).</dd>
<dd>When finding elements by their jQuery Mobile data attribute, please use the custom selector <code>:jqmData()</code>, as it automatically incorporates namespaced data attributes into the lookup when they are in use. For example, instead of calling <code>$("div[data-role='page']")</code>, you should use <code>$("div:jqmData(role='page')")</code>, which internally maps to <code>$("div[data-"+ $.mobile.ns +"role='page']")</code> without forcing you to concatenate a namespace into your selectors manually.</dd>
<dd>Utility method for displaying the fixed header and/or footer of the current active page within the viewport. Note that fixed headers/footers are never really hidden. Toggling the show/hide state of a toolbar is really toggling whether or not they are inline within the page content, or displayed within the viewport as if they were fixed.</dd>
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<dd><code>immediately</code> (<em>boolean</em>, optional) If true, any fixed header or footer for the current active page is displayed immediately within the viewport. If false or unspecified, the fixed header/footer will fade-in after a 100 millisecond delay. Note that other events such as a document resize or scroll event can result in an additional delay before the start of the header/footer display animation.</dd>
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<dd>Example:
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<strong>// Show fixed header/footer with a fade animation.</strong>
$.mobile.fixedToolbars.show();
<strong>// Show fixed header/footer immediately.</strong>
<dd>Utility method for hiding the fixed header and/or footer of the current active page.</dd>
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<dt><code>·</code> Arguments</dt>
<dd><code>immediately</code> (<em>boolean</em>, optional) If true, any fixed header or footer for the current active page is immediately placed inline (back in flow) with the page content, which means it will scroll along with the content and will only be visible when viewing the top or bottom of the page within the viewport. If false or unspecified, the fixed header/footer will fade-out after a 100 millisecond delay. Note that other events such as a document resize or scroll event can result in the header/footer being immediately hidden.</dd>
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<dd>Example:
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<strong>// Hide fixed header/footer with a fade animation.</strong>
<dd>Utility method for parsing a URL and its relative variants into an object that makes accessing the components of the URL easy. When parsing relative variants, the resulting object will contain empty string values for missing components (like protocol, host, etc). Also, when parsing URLs that have no authority, such as tel: urls, the pathname property of the object will contain the data after the protocol/scheme colon.</dd>
<p>This function returns an object that contains the various components of the URL as strings. The properties on the object mimic the browser's location object:</p>
<dd>The query component of the URL including the leading '?' character.</dd>
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<p>But it also contains additional properties that provide access to additional components as well as some common forms of the URL developers access:</p>
