- jquery.mobile.core.js no longer creates pages from every page and dialog in the DOM automatically at domready. Instead, pages are created as they are referenced via changePage, which can speed up pageload in multi-page documents, and means local "dialogs" referenced via data-rel="dialog" no longer need a data-role="dialog" attribute when served.
- in changePage, "from" is now allowed to be undefined. This simplifies the logic involved in showing the first page, which never had a "from" page, and previously needed a custom pageChange workaround to accommodate that.
- The pageshow event is no longer used as a callback for returning false and preventing the $.mobile.activePage from being set to the newly shown page. In other words, a page always becomes $.mobile.activePage once its shown now (the only reason this was optional before was because of a dialog restriction that's no longer true)
- the hashchange event logic for showing a particular page is now greatly simplified. It either shows the page referenced in location.hash, or if there's no hash it changes to the first page in the dom. This means every pageshow (including the first one) now uses pageChange internally.
- the hashchange event listener is no longer disabled when ajaxEnabled == false. Doing this before prevented local non-ajax page navigation from working properly. To disable hashchange listening, use $.mobile.urlHistory.listeningEnabled. We might consider defining (or moving) this on the $.mobile hash later as well for easier access.
- The internal var $.mobile.startPage is now $.mobile.firstPage, because it's not necessarily the page you started on, but merely a reference to the first "page" in the dom.
- Back buttons are auto-added to every page after the first one you first visit (this includes generated pages, such as those in a multipage document or nested listviews). Keep in mind that a "back" button does not take the place of a standard "home" link, and when building an app with jQuery Mobile, it's good to make use of both (particularly on deep-linked pages). Fixes#908
If data-url is set on a page div when it returns from the server, it's value will be used to replace the url in the hash, and as the base url for future requests if it adds additional segments (such as a trailing slash). This will enable developers to work around the limitation of directory links requiring a trailing slash, and will also allow developers to specify a new url after a redirect occurs (such as after a login). Fixes#867
In the process, some other small changes should be noted:
urlStack is now urlHistory, a hash of methods and properties used for history stack management (stack, activeIndex, getActive, getPrev, getNext, addNew, clearForward, and listening Enabled). All these are documented inline and exposed on $.mobile.urlHistory (I'm not sure these will be publicly documented, but just exposed internally for plugins for now).
$.changePage has two argument changes: the "back" argument is now called "reverse"; this results in no change from an end-user standpoint, but reflects the fact that it only reverses the direction of a transition without affecting the internal history stack, and second, a new argument at the end defines whether changePage was called from a hashChange which makes that url open to history menu guessing.
This makes our include model match the include model on the CDN, and allows devs to make use of mobileinit for debugging some of the samples since that must be set up after jquery.js, but before jquery-mobile.
