Question

By default, select tag in jquery mobile is associated with certain behavior. I want to remove this default behavior as I am adding a new behavior of my own. How can I remove this default behavior totally?

Answer 1

Preventing auto-initialization of form elements

If you’d prefer
that a particular form control be left untouched by jQuery Mobile,
simply give that element the attribute data-role=”none”. For example:

http://jquerymobile.com/demos/1.0b2/#/demos/1.0b2/docs/forms/docs-forms.html