More than 5 items per line in jQuery Mobile navbar

Question

I have unsuccessfully looked for a variable to change the maximum number of items in a single line in a navbar.

I am just starting with jQuery Mobile, trying to create

Answer 1

You're right jQM limits the columns to 5. Looking over the code this seems to be the function:

/*
* jQuery Mobile Framework : plugin for creating CSS grids
* Copyright (c) jQuery Project
* Dual licensed under the MIT or GPL Version 2 licenses.
* http://jquery.org/license
*/ 
(function($, undefined ) {
$.fn.grid = function(options){
    return this.each(function(){
        var o = $.extend({
            grid: null
        },options);


        var $kids = $(this).children(),
            gridCols = {solo:1, a:2, b:3, c:4, d:5},
            grid = o.grid,
            iterator;

            if( !grid ){
                if( $kids.length <= 5 ){
                    for(var letter in gridCols){
                        if(gridCols[letter] == $kids.length){ grid = letter; }
                    }
                }
                else{
                    grid = 'a';
                }
            }
            iterator = gridCols[grid];

        $(this).addClass('ui-grid-' + grid);

        $kids.filter(':nth-child(' + iterator + 'n+1)').addClass('ui-block-a');
        if(iterator > 1){   
            $kids.filter(':nth-child(' + iterator + 'n+2)').addClass('ui-block-b');
        }   
        if(iterator > 2){   
            $kids.filter(':nth-child(3n+3)').addClass('ui-block-c');
        }   
        if(iterator > 3){   
            $kids.filter(':nth-child(4n+4)').addClass('ui-block-d');
        }   
        if(iterator > 4){   
            $kids.filter(':nth-child(5n+5)').addClass('ui-block-e');
        }

    }); 
};

It will take some work but you can extend this to the desired 7 column layout. You will also need to add the custom CSS as well to handle the new columns, so you new function would look something like this

/*
* jQuery Mobile Framework : plugin for creating CSS grids
* Copyright (c) jQuery Project
* Dual licensed under the MIT or GPL Version 2 licenses.
* http://jquery.org/license
*/ 
(function($, undefined ) {
$.fn.grid = function(options){
    return this.each(function(){
        var o = $.extend({
            grid: null
        },options);


        var $kids = $(this).children(),
            gridCols = {solo:1, a:2, b:3, c:4, d:5, e:6, f:7},
            grid = o.grid,
            iterator;

            if( !grid ){
                if( $kids.length <= 7 ){
                    for(var letter in gridCols){
                        if(gridCols[letter] == $kids.length){ grid = letter; }
                    }
                }
                else{
                    grid = 'a';
                }
            }
            iterator = gridCols[grid];

        $(this).addClass('ui-grid-' + grid);

        $kids.filter(':nth-child(' + iterator + 'n+1)').addClass('ui-block-a');
        if(iterator > 1){   
            $kids.filter(':nth-child(' + iterator + 'n+2)').addClass('ui-block-b');
        }   
        if(iterator > 2){   
            $kids.filter(':nth-child(3n+3)').addClass('ui-block-c');
        }   
        if(iterator > 3){   
            $kids.filter(':nth-child(4n+4)').addClass('ui-block-d');
        }   
        if(iterator > 4){   
            $kids.filter(':nth-child(5n+5)').addClass('ui-block-e');
        }
            if(iterator > 5){   
            $kids.filter(':nth-child(6n+6)').addClass('ui-block-f');
        }
            if(iterator > 6){   
            $kids.filter(':nth-child(7n+7)').addClass('ui-block-g');
        }

        }); 
    };
}); // end

In the CSS:

change this:

.ui-block-a, .ui-block-b, .ui-block-c, .ui-block-d, .ui-block-e { margin: 0; padding: 0; border: 0; float: left; min-height:1px;}

to this:

.ui-block-a, .ui-block-b, .ui-block-c, .ui-block-d, .ui-block-e, .ui-block-f, .ui-block-g { margin: 0; padding: 0; border: 0; float: left; min-height:1px;}

and add these:

/* grid e: 16/16/16/16/16/16 */
.ui-grid-d .ui-block-a, .ui-grid-d .ui-block-b, .ui-grid-d .ui-block-c, .ui-grid-d .ui-block-d, .ui-grid-d .ui-block-e .ui-block-f { width: 16%; }
.ui-grid-d .ui-block-a { clear: left; }

/* grid f: 14/14/14/14/14/14/14 */
.ui-grid-d .ui-block-a, .ui-grid-d .ui-block-b, .ui-grid-d .ui-block-c, .ui-grid-d .ui-block-d, .ui-grid-d .ui-block-e .ui-block-f .ui-block-g { width: 14%; }
.ui-grid-d .ui-block-a { clear: left; }

There might be other changes as well but these are the ones that stand out as of now.

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