JQM (jQueryMobile) Dynamically added elements not displaying correctly and CSS is not applied

Question

I'm having an issue with adding a select tag dynamically, the CSS and additional html tags (that JQM add) are is not being applied.

Here is an example of how I'm adding the new select tag: http://jsfiddle.net/UcrD8/4/

The HTML:

<div data-role="page" id="page_1">
    <div id="select_option_groups">
        <div data-role="fieldcontain">
            <select name="select_options_1">
                <option value="" selected>Please select an option</option>
                <option value="foo">Foo</option>
                <option value="bar">Bar</option>
            </select>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

The JS:

$(function(){
    var counter = 2;
    var onChange = function(e){
        val = $(':selected',this).val() || '';
        if (val != ''){
            // they may be able to toggle between valid options, too.
            // let's avoid that using a class we can apply
            var c = 'alreadyMadeASelection';
            if ($(this).hasClass(c))
                return;
            // now take the current select and clone it, then rename it
            var newSelect = $(this)
                .clone()
                .attr('name','select_options_'+counter)
                .attr('id','select_options_'+counter)
                .appendTo('#select_option_groups')
                .change(onChange);
            $(this).addClass(c);
            counter++;
        } else {
            var id = $(this).attr('name').match(/\d+$/), parent = $(this).parent();
            $(this).remove();

            // re-order the counter (we don't want missing numbers in the middle)
            $('select',parent).each(function(){
                var iid = $(this).attr('name').match(/\d+$/);
                if (iid>id)
                    $(this).attr('name','select_options_'+(iid-1));
            });
            counter--;
        }
    };
    $('#select_option_groups select').change(onChange);
});

I've tried:

// this gets the select tags to stack but still no CSS
$(newSelect).fieldcontain('refresh'); 

// does nothing
$(newSelect).page();

// does nothing
$('#page_1').page();

Tim Tim · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-09T22:23:17

Try this:

$(newSelect).selectmenu('refresh');

or this which will force the rebuild of it:

$(newSelect).selectmenu('refresh', true);

and please let me know if it worked.

JQM (jQueryMobile) Dynamically added elements not displaying correctly and CSS is not applied

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