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Page initialization events

Internally, jQuery Mobile auto-initializes plugins based on the markup conventions found in a given “page”. For example, an input element with a type of range will automatically generate a custom slider control.

This auto-initialization is controlled by the “page” plugin, which dispatches events before and after it executes, allowing you to manipulate a page either pre-or-post initialization, or even provide your own intialization behavior and prevent the auto-initializations from occuring. Note that these events will only fire once per “page”, as opposed to the show/hide events, which fire every time a page is shown and hidden.

pagebeforecreate

Triggered on the page being initialized, before initialization occurs.

pagecreate

Triggered on the page being initialized, after initialization occurs.

		
$('#aboutPage').live('pagebeforecreate',function(event){
  alert('This page was just inserted into the dom!');
});

$('#aboutPage').live('pagecreate',function(event){
  alert('This page was just enhanced by jQuery Mobile!');
});