2.3. Navigation and History

jQuery Mobile automatically manages the URLs of the various pages and dialogs in the application. Each page (that is to say, each element that has a data-role="page" attribute) will have its own unique URL within the application, allowing for bookmarking and deep linking into your application. The URL for each page is stored in the data-url attribute which jQuery Mobile attaches to each page’s containing element.

As the user moves through the application by tapping on links and buttons, jQuery Mobile updates the location.hash object, allowing the framework to use the browser’s native history capabilities to store the navigation information.