Retrieves the theme of the nearest parent that has a theme assigned.
This method is no longer useful, since theme inheritance is implemented entirely in CSS as of jQuery Mobile 1.4.0.
el
A jQuery collection object containing an element for which the inherited theme is to be determined.
defaultTheme
The color scheme (swatch) to apply if no theme is found on any of the parents. It accepts a single letter from a-z that maps to the swatches included in your theme.
Possible values: swatch letter (a-z).
Examples:
Retrieve the inherited theme for an element
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>jQuery.mobile.getInheritedTheme demo</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.css">
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.min.js"></script>
<script src="//code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<script>
$.mobile.document.on( "click", "#check-theme", function() {
alert( "I inherit theme '" +
$.mobile.getInheritedTheme( $( this ), "x" ) + "'" );
});
</script>
<div data-role="header">
<h2>jQuery Mobile Example</h2>
</div>
<div role="main" class="ui-content">
<p>Click the button below to find out what theme it inherits.</p>
<a href="#" id="check-theme" class="ui-btn ui-corner-all ui-shadow">Check my theme</a>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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