Buttons are coded with standard HTML anchor and input elements, then enhanced by jQuery Mobile to make them more attractive and useable on a mobile device. Use anchor links (a elements) to mark up navigation buttons, and input or button elements for form submission.
In the main content block of a page, you can style any anchor link as a button by adding the data-role="button" attribute. The framework will enhance the link with markup and classes to style the link as a button. For example, this markup:
<a href="index.html" data-role="button">Link button</a>
Produces this link-based button:
Link buttonFor ease of styling, the framework automatically converts any button or input element with a type of submit, reset, button, or image into a custom styled, link-based button — there is no need to add the data-role="button" attribute.
To preserve events bound to the original button or input, the framework hides the original element by making it transparent and positioning it over the new button markup. When a user clicks on the the custom-styled button, they're actually clicking on the original element.
Button based button:
Input type="button" based button:
Input type="submit" based button:
Input type="reset" based button:
Input type="image" based button: