jQuery Mobile Selectmenu Widget hidePlaceholderMenuItems Option

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 jQuery Mobile Selectmenu Widget hidePlaceholderMenuItems option to check whether the placeholder menu items are hidden or not. It accepts boolean type value and its default value is true.

Syntax:

$( ".selector" ).selectmenu({
    hidePlaceholderMenuItems: boolean
});

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

<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>

Example:

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 () {
            $("#GFG").selectmenu({
                hidePlaceholderMenuItems: true
            });
        });
    </script>
</head>
  
<body>
    <div data-role="page" id="page1">
        <center>
            <div data-role="header">
                <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
                <h3>jQuery Mobile Selectmenu Widget 
                  hidePlaceholderMenuItems Option</h3>
            </div>
        </center>
  
        <div role="main" class="ui-content">
            <label for="GFG" class="select">
                GeeksforGeeks Courses:
            </label>
            <select name="GFG" id="GFG">
                <option value="" disabled selected hidden>Choose One...</option>
                <option value="C">C Programming</option>
                <option value="CPP">C++ Programming</option>
                <option value="JAVA">Java Programming</option>
                <option value="overnight">Python Programming</option>
                <option value="WEB">Web Development</option>
            </select>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>
  
</html>