JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.0rc2/jquery.mobile-1.0rc2.min.css">
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.0rc2/jquery.mobile-1.0rc2.min.js"></script>
<div data-role="page" id="list">
<div data-role="content">
<ul data-role="listview">
<li data-role="list-divider" id="a">A</li>
<li class="showDetails">
Adam Kinkaid
</li>
<li class="showDetails">Alex Wickerham</li>
<li class="showDetails">Avery Johnson</li>
<li data-role="list-divider" id="b">B</li>
<li class="showDetails">Bob Cabot</li>
<li data-role="list-divider" id="c">C</li>
<li class="showDetails">Caleb Booth</li>
<li class="showDetails">Christopher Adams</li>
<li class="showDetails">Culver James</li>
<li data-role="list-divider" id="d">D</li>
<li class="showDetails">David Walsh</li>
<li class="showDetails">Drake Alfred</li>
<li data-role="list-divider" id="e">E</li>
<li class="showDetails">Elizabeth Bacon</li>
<li class="showDetails">Emery Parker</li>
<li class="showDetails">Enid Voldon</li>
<li data-role="list-divider" id="f">F</li>
<li class="showDetails">Francis Wall</li>
<li data-role="list-divider" id="g">G</li>
<li class="showDetails">Graham Smith</li>
<li class="showDetails">Greta Peete</li>
<li data-role="list-divider" id="h">H</li>
<li class="showDetails">Harvey Walls</li>
<li data-role="list-divider" id="m">M</li>
<li class="showDetails">Mike Farnsworth</li>
<li class="showDetails">Murray Vanderbuilt</li>
<li data-role="list-divider" id="n">N</li>
<li class="showDetails">Nathan Williams</li>
<li data-role="list-divider" id="p">P</li>
<li...
CSS
#list-navigation {
color:#696969;
position:absolute;
right:0px;
top:0px;
z-index:200;
}
JavaScript
$('.scrollToSelected').bind('click', function() {
var view = $(this).attr('id');
var list = view.split('-');
var elem = $("#"+list[1]);
// not sure if this is offset or position
var position = elem.position();
var offset = elem.offset();
//alert('left: '+position.left + ", top: " + position.top);
//alert('left: '+offset.left + ", top: " + offset.top);
$.mobile.silentScroll(position.top);
//$.mobile.silentScroll(offset.top);
});
$('.showDetails').bind('click', function() {
$.mobile.changePage( "#details", { transition: "slideup"} );
});