jqm: data-tap-toggle
HTML
<div data-role="page" id="page1">
<div data-role="header" data-position="fixed" data-tap-toggle="true">
<h3>header</h3>
</div>
<div id="page1content" role="main" class="ui-content">
<div id="fixedContent">Scroll and than click the page content, the fixed header will<br/>
not disappear on click because <b>data-tap-toggle="false"</b> is set.</div>
</div>
</div>
CSS
#page1content {
height: 2000px;
background: linear-gradient(gray, white);
}
#fixedContent {
position:fixed;
top: 100px;
border: 1px solid black;
background-color: #eee;
padding: 5px;
}