capture and retrigger clicks on the parent list item element in navbars Fixes #4663

Author: johnbender

js/jquery.mobile.navbar.js

@@ -37,10 +37,30 @@ $.widget( "mobile.navbar", $.mobile.widget, {
 			iconpos:	iconpos
 		});
 
-		$navbar.delegate( "a", "vclick", function( event ) {
-			if( !$(event.target).hasClass("ui-disabled") ) {
-				$navbtns.removeClass( $.mobile.activeBtnClass );
-				$( this ).addClass( $.mobile.activeBtnClass );
+		$navbar.delegate( "li", "vclick", function( event ) {
+
+			// if the vclick was triggered on an anchor or the child
+			// of an anchor (eg, ui-btn), grab the parent link
+			var $link = $(event.target).closest( "a" );
+
+			// if there isn't a parent link find the child link and trigger a click
+			// this addresses Issue #4663 where the events are being triggered
+			// on the parent element in fixed position navbars
+			if( !$link.length ){
+				$link = $( this ).children( "a" ).first();
+				setTimeout(function() {
+					$link.trigger( "click" );
+				});
+
+				return false;
+			}
+
+			// clear existing active button states
+			$navbtns.removeClass( $.mobile.activeBtnClass );
+
+			// if the target button isn't disabled
+			if ( !$link.hasClass( "ui-disabled" ) ) {
+				$link.addClass( $.mobile.activeBtnClass );
 			}
 		});
 

tests/unit/navbar/navbar_core.js

@@ -28,4 +28,15 @@
 
 		$.mobile.ignoreContentEnabled = false;
 	});
+
+	// Issue #4663
+	asyncTest( "clicks/taps triggered on anything above the link get retriggered on the link", function() {
+		expect( 1 );
+		$( document ).delegate( "li", "vclick", function( event ) {
+			ok($( event.target ).is("a"), "target should always be an anchor" );
+			start();
+		});
+
+		$.mobile.activePage.find( "div:jqmData(role=navbar) li" ).first().trigger( "click" );
+	});
 })(jQuery);