In browsers that support CSS position: fixed, (generally, most desktop browsers, iOS5+, Android 2.2+, BlackBerry 6, and more), toolbars that use the "fixedtoolbar" plugin will be fixed to the top or bottom of the viewport, while the page content scrolls freely in between. In browsers that don't support fixed positioning, the toolbars will fall back to static, inline positiong in the page.
To enable this behavior on a header or footer, add the data-position="fixed" attribute to a jQuery Mobile header or footer element.
<div data-role="header" data-position="fixed">
<h1>Fixed Header!</h1>
</div>
<div data-role="footer" data-position="fixed">
<h1>Fixed Footer!</h1>
</div>
Fullscreen fixed toolbars sit on top of the content at all times when they are visible, and unlike regular fixed toolbars, fullscreen toolbars do not fall back to static positioning when toggled, instead they disappear from the screen entirely. Fullscreen toolbars are ideal for more immersive interfaces, like a photo viewer that is meant to fill the entire screen with the photo itself and no distractions. This page demonstrates toolbars that use the fullscreen option.
To enable this option on a fixed header or footer, add the data-fullscreen attribute to the element.
<div data-role="header" data-position="fixed" data-fullscreen="true">
<h1>Fixed Header!</h1>
</div>
Prior to version 1.1, jQuery Mobile used dynamically re-positioned toolbars for the fixed header effect because very few mobile browsers supported the position:fixed CSS property, and simulating fixed support through the use of "fake" JavaScript overflow-scrolling behavior would have reduced our browser support reach, in addition to feeling unnatural on certain platforms. This behavior was not ideal, and jQuery Mobile 1.1 took a new approach to fixed toolbars that allows much broader support, and now the framework offers true fixed toolbars on many popular platforms, while gracefully degrading non-supporting platforms to static positioning.
Prior to jQuery Mobile 1.1, true fixed toolbar support was contingent on native browser support for the CSS property overflow-scrolling: touch, which is currently only supported in iOS5. As of version 1.1, jQuery Mobile no longer uses this CSS property at all. We've removed all internal usage of this property in the framework, but we've left it defined globally on the $.mobile object to reduce the risk that its removal will cause trouble with existing applications. This property is flagged for removal, so please update your code to no longer use it. The support test for this property, however, remains defined under $.support and we have no plans to remove that test at this time.
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