diff --git a/js/jquery.mobile.forms.select.js b/js/jquery.mobile.forms.select.js
index 508d1d2f..346da3f3 100644
--- a/js/jquery.mobile.forms.select.js
+++ b/js/jquery.mobile.forms.select.js
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ $.widget( "mobile.selectmenu", $.mobile.widget, {
 
 			select = this.element
 						.wrap( "<div class='ui-select'>" ),
-			
-			selectID = select.attr( "id" ),			
-			
+
+			selectID = select.attr( "id" ),
+
 			label = $( "label[for="+ selectID +"]" ).addClass( "ui-select" ),
 
 			button = ( self.options.nativeMenu ? $( "<div/>" ) : $( "<a>", {
@@ -52,31 +52,31 @@ $.widget( "mobile.selectmenu", $.mobile.widget, {
 					shadow: o.shadow,
 					iconshadow: o.iconshadow
 				}),
-			
+
 			//multi select or not
 			isMultiple = self.isMultiple = select[0].multiple;
-		
+
 		//Opera does not properly support opacity on select elements
 		//In Mini, it hides the element, but not its text
 		//On the desktop,it seems to do the opposite
 		//for these reasons, using the nativeMenu option results in a full native select in Opera
 		if( o.nativeMenu && window.opera && window.opera.version ){
 			select.addClass( "ui-select-nativeonly" );
-		}	
-			
-			//vars for non-native menus
-		if( !o.nativeMenu ){	
+		}
+
+		//vars for non-native menus
+		if( !o.nativeMenu ){
 			var options = select.find("option"),
-				
+
 				buttonId = selectID + "-button",
-	
+
 				menuId = selectID + "-menu",
-	
+
 				thisPage = select.closest( ".ui-page" ),
-				
+
 				//button theme
 				theme = /ui-btn-up-([a-z])/.exec( button.attr("class") )[1],
-	
+
 				menuPage = $( "<div data-role='dialog' data-theme='"+ o.menuPageTheme +"'>" +
 							"<div data-role='header'>" +
 								"<div class='ui-title'>" + label.text() + "</div>"+
@@ -85,17 +85,17 @@ $.widget( "mobile.selectmenu", $.mobile.widget, {
 						"</div>" )
 						.appendTo( $.mobile.pageContainer )
 						.page(),
-	
+
 				menuPageContent = menuPage.find( ".ui-content" ),
-	
+
 				menuPageClose = menuPage.find( ".ui-header a" ),
-	
+
 				screen = $( "<div>", {"class": "ui-selectmenu-screen ui-screen-hidden"})
 							.appendTo( thisPage ),
-	
+
 				listbox = $( "<div>", { "class": "ui-selectmenu ui-selectmenu-hidden ui-overlay-shadow ui-corner-all pop ui-body-" + o.overlayTheme } )
 						.insertAfter(screen),
-	
+
 				list = $( "<ul>", {
 						"class": "ui-selectmenu-list",
 						"id": menuId,
@@ -104,17 +104,17 @@ $.widget( "mobile.selectmenu", $.mobile.widget, {
 						"data-theme": theme
 					})
 					.appendTo( listbox ),
-	
+
 				header = $( "<div>", {
 						"class": "ui-header ui-bar-" + theme
 					})
 					.prependTo( listbox ),
-	
+
 				headerTitle = $( "<h1>", {
 						"class": "ui-title"
 					})
 					.appendTo( header ),
-	
+
 				headerClose = $( "<a>", {
 						"data-iconpos": "notext",
 						"data-icon": "delete",
@@ -124,9 +124,9 @@ $.widget( "mobile.selectmenu", $.mobile.widget, {
 					})
 					.appendTo( header )
 					.buttonMarkup(),
-	
+
 				menuType;
-		} //end non native vars	
+		} //end non native vars
 
 		// add counter for multi selects
 		if( isMultiple ){
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ $.widget( "mobile.selectmenu", $.mobile.widget, {
 			.change(function(){
 				self.refresh();
 			});
-			
+
 		//expose to other methods
 		$.extend(self, {
 			select: select,
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ $.widget( "mobile.selectmenu", $.mobile.widget, {
 			headerClose:headerClose,
 			headerTitle:headerTitle,
 			placeholder: ''
-		});	
+		});
 
 		//support for using the native select menu with a custom button
 		if( o.nativeMenu ){
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ $.widget( "mobile.selectmenu", $.mobile.widget, {
 
 			button.attr( "tabindex", "-1" );
 		} else {
-		
+
 			//create list from select, update state
 			self.refresh();
 
@@ -228,22 +228,22 @@ $.widget( "mobile.selectmenu", $.mobile.widget, {
 						$( this ).data( "moved", true );
 					}
 				});
-		
-	
+
+
 			//events for list items
 			list.delegate("li:not(.ui-disabled, .ui-li-divider)", "click", function(event){
 				// clicking on the list item fires click on the link in listview.js.
 				// to prevent this handler from firing twice if the link isn't clicked on,
 				// short circuit unless the target is the link
 				if( !$(event.target).is("a") ){ return; }
-	
+
 				// index of option tag to be selected
 				var newIndex = list.find( "li:not(.ui-li-divider)" ).index( this ),
 					option = self.optionElems.eq( newIndex )[0];
-	
+
 				// toggle selected status on the tag for multi selects
 				option.selected = isMultiple ? !option.selected : true;
-	
+
 				// toggle checkbox class for multiple selects
 				if( isMultiple ){
 					$(this)
@@ -251,18 +251,18 @@ $.widget( "mobile.selectmenu", $.mobile.widget, {
 						.toggleClass('ui-icon-checkbox-on', option.selected)
 						.toggleClass('ui-icon-checkbox-off', !option.selected);
 				}
-	
+
 				// trigger change
 				select.trigger( "change" );
-	
+
 				//hide custom select for single selects only
 				if( !isMultiple ){
 					self.close();
 				}
-	
+
 				event.preventDefault();
 			});
-	
+
 			//events on "screen" overlay + close button
 			screen
 				.add( headerClose )
@@ -270,16 +270,16 @@ $.widget( "mobile.selectmenu", $.mobile.widget, {
 				.bind("click", function(event){
 					self.close();
 					event.preventDefault();
-	
+
 					// if the dialog's close icon was clicked, prevent the dialog's close
 					// handler from firing. selectmenu's should take precedence
 					if( $.contains(menuPageClose[0], event.target) ){
 						event.stopImmediatePropagation();
 					}
 				});
-		}	
-		
-		
+		}
+
+
 	},
 
 	_buildList: function(){
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ $.widget( "mobile.selectmenu", $.mobile.widget, {
 					optgroups.push( optLabel );
 				}
 			}
-			
+
 			//find placeholder text
 			if( !this.getAttribute('value') || text.length == 0 || $this.data('placeholder') ){
 				if( o.hidePlaceholderMenuItems ){
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ $.widget( "mobile.selectmenu", $.mobile.widget, {
 
 			lis.push( "<li data-icon='"+ dataIcon +"' class='"+ classes.join(" ") + "' " + extraAttrs.join(" ") +">"+ anchor +"</li>" )
 		});
-		
+
 		self.list.html( lis.join(" ") );
 
 		// hide header close link for single selects
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ $.widget( "mobile.selectmenu", $.mobile.widget, {
 		if( isMultiple ){
 			self.buttonCount[ selected.length > 1 ? 'show' : 'hide' ]().text( selected.length );
 		}
-		
+
 		if( !self.options.nativeMenu ){
 			self.list
 				.find( 'li:not(.ui-li-divider)' )
@@ -388,25 +388,25 @@ $.widget( "mobile.selectmenu", $.mobile.widget, {
 				.each(function( i ){
 					if( $.inArray(i, indicies) > -1 ){
 						var item = $(this).addClass( $.mobile.activeBtnClass );
-	
+
 						// aria selected attr
 						item.find( 'a' ).attr( 'aria-selected', true );
-	
+
 						// multiple selects: add the "on" checkbox state to the icon
 						if( isMultiple ){
 							item.find('.ui-icon').removeClass('ui-icon-checkbox-off').addClass('ui-icon-checkbox-on');
 						}
 					}
 				});
-		}	
+		}
 	},
 
 	open: function(){
 		if( this.options.disabled || this.options.nativeMenu ){ return; }
 
 		var self = this,
-			menuHeight = self.list.outerHeight(),
-			menuWidth = self.list.outerWidth(),
+			menuHeight = self.list.parent().outerHeight(),
+			menuWidth = self.list.parent().outerWidth(),
 			scrollTop = $(window).scrollTop(),
 			btnOffset = self.button.offset().top,
 			screenHeight = window.innerHeight,
@@ -455,18 +455,29 @@ $.widget( "mobile.selectmenu", $.mobile.widget, {
 			var roomtop = btnOffset - scrollTop,
 				roombot = scrollTop + screenHeight - btnOffset,
 				halfheight = menuHeight / 2,
-				newtop,newleft;
-				
-				if( roomtop > menuHeight / 2 && roombot > menuHeight / 2 ){
-					newtop = btnOffset + ( self.button.outerHeight() / 2 ) - halfheight;
-				}
-				else{
-					//30px tolerance off the edges
-					newtop = roomtop > roombot ? scrollTop + screenHeight - menuHeight - 30 : scrollTop + 30;
-				}
-				
+				maxwidth = parseFloat(self.list.parent().css('max-width')),
+				newtop, newleft;
+
+			if( roomtop > menuHeight / 2 && roombot > menuHeight / 2 ){
+				newtop = btnOffset + ( self.button.outerHeight() / 2 ) - halfheight;
+			}
+			else{
+				//30px tolerance off the edges
+				newtop = roomtop > roombot ? scrollTop + screenHeight - menuHeight - 30 : scrollTop + 30;
+			}
+
+			// if the menuwidth is smaller than the screen center is
+			if (menuWidth < maxwidth) {
+				newleft = (screenWidth - menuWidth) / 2;
+			} else { //otherwise insure a >= 30px offset from the left
 				newleft = self.button.offset().left + self.button.outerWidth() / 2 - menuWidth / 2;
-				
+				// 30px tolerance off the edges
+				if (newleft < 30) {
+					newleft = 30;
+				} else if ((newleft + menuWidth) > screenWidth) {
+					newleft = screenWidth - menuWidth - 30;
+				}
+			}
 
 			self.listbox
 				.append( self.list )
diff --git a/js/jquery.mobile.navigation.js b/js/jquery.mobile.navigation.js
index c4a7568e..ee8dbc27 100644
--- a/js/jquery.mobile.navigation.js
+++ b/js/jquery.mobile.navigation.js
@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@
 
 			//return a url path with the window's location protocol/hostname removed
 			clean: function( url ){
-				return url.replace( location.protocol + "//" + location.host, "");
+				// Replace the protocol and host only once at the beginning of the url to avoid
+				// problems when it's included as a part of a param
+				var leadingUrlRootRegex = new RegExp("^" + location.protocol + "//" + location.host);
+				return url.replace(leadingUrlRootRegex, "");
 			},
 
 			//just return the url without an initial #
diff --git a/tests/unit/navigation/navigation_core.js b/tests/unit/navigation/navigation_core.js
index c48ab2ef..032d7c24 100644
--- a/tests/unit/navigation/navigation_core.js
+++ b/tests/unit/navigation/navigation_core.js
@@ -86,11 +86,13 @@
 		var localroot = location.href.split("/").slice(0, 3).join("/"),
 			remoteroot = "http://google.com/",
 			fakepath = "foo/bar/baz.html",
+			pathWithParam = localroot + "/bar?baz=" + localroot,
 			localpath = localroot + fakepath,
 			remotepath = remoteroot + fakepath;
 
 		same( $.mobile.path.clean( localpath ), fakepath, "removes location protocol, host, port from same-domain path");
 		same( $.mobile.path.clean( remotepath ), remotepath, "does nothing to an external domain path");
+		same( $.mobile.path.clean( pathWithParam ), "/bar?baz=" + localroot, "doesn't remove params with localroot value");
 	});
 
 	test( "path.stripHash is working properly", function(){
@@ -242,7 +244,7 @@
 			function(){ $("#dup-history-second a:last").click(); },
 			function(){ $("#dup-history-dialog .ui-icon-delete").click(); },
 			function(){
-				
+
 				// third page in the stack to account for first page being hash manipulation
 				same($.mobile.urlHistory.activeIndex, 3, "should be the third page in the stack");
 				start();
diff --git a/tests/unit/select/index.html b/tests/unit/select/index.html
index 7a052285..7a9d75b2 100644
--- a/tests/unit/select/index.html
+++ b/tests/unit/select/index.html
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 	<script type="text/javascript" src="../../../external/qunit.js"></script>
 
 	<script type="text/javascript" src="select_events.js"></script>
+	<script type="text/javascript" src="select_core.js"></script>
 </head>
 <body>
 
@@ -106,5 +107,25 @@
 			<option value="WY">Wyoming</option>
 		</select>
 	</div>
+
+	<div data-role="fieldcontain" id="select-offscreen-container">
+		<style>
+			/* keep the select small and close to the screen border to test rendering */
+			#select-offscreen-container {
+			width: 100px;
+			position: absolute;
+			left: 0px;
+			top: 0px;
+			}
+		</style>
+
+		<select name="select-choice-few" id="select-offscreen">
+			<option value="standard">Standard: 7 day</option>
+			<option value="rush">Rush: 3 days</option>
+			<option value="express">Express: next day</option>
+			<option value="overnight">Overnight</option>
+		</select>
+	</div>
 </div>
+</body>
 </html>
diff --git a/tests/unit/select/select_core.js b/tests/unit/select/select_core.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a21b4993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/select/select_core.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * mobile select unit tests
+ */
+
+(function($){
+	var libName = "jquery.mobile.forms.select.js";
+
+	module(libName, {
+		teardown: function(){ location.hash = ""; }
+	});
+
+
+	asyncTest( "custom select menu always renders screen from the left", function(){
+		expect( 1 );
+		var select = $("ul#select-offscreen-menu");
+
+		$('#select-offscreen-container a').trigger($.support.touch ? "touchend" : "mouseup");
+
+		setTimeout(function(){
+			ok(select.offset().left >= 30);
+			start();
+		}, 1000);
+	});
+})(jQuery);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/unit/select/select_events.js b/tests/unit/select/select_events.js
index fdcc2ee6..75f6eca6 100644
--- a/tests/unit/select/select_events.js
+++ b/tests/unit/select/select_events.js
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 	var mouseUpTouchEnd = $.support.touch ? "touchend" : "mouseup",
 			libName = "jquery.mobile.forms.select.js";
 
-	module(libName);
+	module(libName, {
+		teardown: function(){ location.hash = ""; }
+	});
 
 	test( "a large select menu should come up in a dialog many times", function(){
 		var menu, select = $("#select-choice-many-container a");
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@
 
 		stop();
 	});
-	
+
 	test( "selects marked with data-native-menu=true should use a div as their button", function(){
 		same($("#select-choice-native-container div.ui-btn").length, 1);
 	});
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@
 	test( "selects marked with data-native-menu=true should not have a custom menu", function(){
 		same($("#select-choice-native-container ul").length, 0);
 	});
-	
+
 	test( "selects marked with data-native-menu=true should sit inside the button", function(){
 		same($("#select-choice-native-container div.ui-btn select").length, 1);
 	});
diff --git a/themes/default/jquery.mobile.theme.css b/themes/default/jquery.mobile.theme.css
index eea445fb..e1b2c3cb 100755
--- a/themes/default/jquery.mobile.theme.css
+++ b/themes/default/jquery.mobile.theme.css
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 	background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear,left top,left bottom,
 		color-stop(0, 	#3c3c3c),
 		color-stop(1, 		#111111));
-  	-msfilter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr='#3c3c3c', EndColorStr='#111111')";
+  	-ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr='#3c3c3c', EndColorStr='#111111')";
 }
 .ui-bar-a, 
 .ui-bar-a input, 
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@
 	background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear,left top,left bottom,
 		color-stop(0, 		#eeeeee),
 		color-stop(1, 		#fdfdfd));
-  	-msfilter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr='#eeeeee', EndColorStr='#fdfdfd')";
+  	-ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr='#eeeeee', EndColorStr='#fdfdfd')";
 }
 .ui-btn-down-c a.ui-link-inherit {
 	color: 					#2F3E46;
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@
 	background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear,left top,left bottom,
 		color-stop(0, 		#fdfdfd),
 		color-stop(1, 		#eeeeee));
-  	-msfilter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr='#fdfdfd', EndColorStr='#eeeeee')";
+  	-ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr='#fdfdfd', EndColorStr='#eeeeee')";
 }
 .ui-btn-hover-d a.ui-link-inherit {
 	color: 					#222;
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@
 	background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear,left top,left bottom,
 		color-stop(0, 		#eeeeee),
 		color-stop(1, 		#ffffff));
-  	-msfilter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr='#eeeeee', EndColorStr='#ffffff')";
+  	-ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr='#eeeeee', EndColorStr='#ffffff')";
 }
 .ui-btn-down-d a.ui-link-inherit {
 	border: 1px solid 		#808080;
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@
 	background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear,left top,left bottom,
 		color-stop(0, 		#cccccc),
 		color-stop(1, 		#eeeeee));
-  	-msfilter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr='#cccccc', EndColorStr='#eeeeee')";
+  	-ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr='#cccccc', EndColorStr='#eeeeee')";
 }
 .ui-btn-up-d,
 .ui-btn-hover-d,
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@
 	background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear,left top,left bottom,
 		color-stop(0, 		#fceda7),
 		color-stop(1, 		#fadb4e));
-  	-msfilter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr='#fceda7', EndColorStr='#fadb4e')";
+  	-ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr='#fceda7', EndColorStr='#fadb4e')";
 }
 .ui-bar-e,
 .ui-bar-e input,
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@
 	background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear,left top,left bottom,
 		color-stop(0, 		#fff),
 		color-stop(1, 		#faeb9e));
-  	-msfilter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr='#ffffff', EndColorStr='#faeb9e')";
+  	-ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr='#ffffff', EndColorStr='#faeb9e')";
 }
 .ui-body-e,
 .ui-body-e input,
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@
 	background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear,left top,left bottom,
 		color-stop(0, 		#fcf0b5),
 		color-stop(1, 		#fbe26f));
-  	-msfilter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr='#fcf0b5', EndColorStr='#fbe26f')";
+  	-ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr='#fcf0b5', EndColorStr='#fbe26f')";
 }
 
 .ui-btn-hover-e a.ui-link-inherit {
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ a.ui-link-inherit {
 	background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear,left top,left bottom,
 		color-stop(0, 		#85bae4),
 		color-stop(1, 		#5393c5));
-  	-msfilter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr='#85bae4', EndColorStr='#5393c5')";
+  	-ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr='#85bae4', EndColorStr='#5393c5')";
   	outline: none;
 }
 .ui-btn-active a.ui-link-inherit {