Android click events on a fixed footer navbar falls through to the element underneath

[jumpinjackie]

If you click/tap an item on the navbar inside a fixed footer, if the footer is above an input element (eg. select) the event is handled by that element first, and never reaches any navbar link handlers that are visually above it.

Using JQM 1.0RC1
Affects: Android (2.2+)
JS Fiddle link: http://jsfiddle.net/yEeNn/3/

Steps to reproduce:

1. Copy and paste the contents of the above JS Fiddle into a separate web page
2. Open this page in the Android web browser
3. Scroll until the fixed footer would be positioned over a select element.
4. Tap the "Back" button on the footer.

Expect: alert dialog ("Go Back")
Got: prompt for select options

[jcalz]

I see this behavior on an iPhone 4 running iOS 4.3 also.

[jblas]

@jcalz

What version of the framework are you using?

[jcalz]

Sorry; jqm 1.0rc2.

I think this might be the same issue as #2506?

[toddparker]

Good catch @jcalz, closing as a duplicate of #2506