jQuery Mobile Selectmenu refresh() Method

Last Updated : 10 Jan, 2022

jQuery Mobile is a web-based technology used to make responsive content that can be accessed on all smartphones, tablets, and desktops. In this article, we will be using the jQuery Mobile Selectmenu refresh() method. This will parse the original element and re-renders the menu.

Syntax:

$( "selector" ).selectmenu( "refresh" );

Arguments: This method does not accept any arguments.

CDN Link: First, add jQuery Mobile scripts needed for your project.

<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”https://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.css”>
<script src=”https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.min.js”></script>
<script src=”https://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.js”></script>

Example: This example describes the uses of the jQuery Mobile Selectmenu refresh() method.

HTML

<!doctype html> 
<html lang="en"> 
  
<head> 
    <meta charset="utf-8"> 
    <meta name="viewport" content= 
        "width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> 
  
    <link rel="stylesheet" href= 
"//code.jquery.com/mobile/1.5.0-alpha.1/jquery.mobile-1.5.0-alpha.1.min.css"> 
    <script src= 
"//code.jquery.com/jquery-3.2.1.min.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script src= 
"//code.jquery.com/mobile/1.5.0-alpha.1/jquery.mobile-1.5.0-alpha.1.min.js"> 
    </script> 
  
    <script> 
        $(document).ready(function () { 
            $("#btn").on('click', function () { 
                $("#subjects").selectmenu("refresh"); 
                alert("Widget Refreshed"); 
            }); 
        }); 
    </script> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <center> 
        <div data-role="page" id="page1"> 
            <div data-role="header"> 
                <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
                <h2>jQuery Select menu refresh() Method</h2> 
            </div> 
            <div role="main" class="ui-content"> 
                <div role="main" class="ui-content" style="width:40%;"> 
                    <label><b>Subjects:</b> </label> 
                    <select name="subjects" id="subjects"> 
                        <option value="standard">Java</option> 
                        <option value="rush">PHP</option> 
                        <option value="express">HTML</option> 
                    </select> 
               </div> 
            </div>         
            <input type="button" id="btn" 
                   style="width:250px;" 
                   value="Refresh the Widget"> 
        </div> 
    </center> 
</body> 
</html> 