How to use jQuery Mobile for its touch event support only (no UI enhancements)?

Question

I’m working on a web app that has its own look and feel. I want to use jQuery Mobile for the touch events support only.

When I link jquery.mobile.min.js (without li

Answer 1

In case anyone else runs into this (and doesn't need the file off one of jQuery's CDNs), here are the steps I took to extract just the JQM event triggers:

1. git clone git@github.com:jquery/jquery-mobile
2. cd jquery-mobile
3. edit js/jquery.mobile.js in your favorite editor
4. replace the define(...); statement with define(['./events/touch', './events/orientationchange']);
5. make
6. your events-only JQM is now in compiled/jquery.mobile.js and compiled/jquery.mobile.min.js

Now you can use $(el).tap(fn) and the like without worrying about JQM highjacking your markup!