Moving this call to setDefaultTransition to run at DOM ready, because calling it earlier triggers an error in jQuery core, based on logic in dimensions.js that assumes document.body is defined. I've added a pull request to fix the issue in jQuery core, but for our purposes, this change allows us to work without the fix.

Author: scottjehl

docs/_assets/js/jqm-docs.js

@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ function setDefaultTransition(){
 	$.mobile.defaultPageTransition = trans;
 }
 
-//set default documentation 
-$( document ).bind( "mobileinit", setDefaultTransition );
+
 $(function(){
+	setDefaultTransition();
 	$( window ).bind( "throttledresize", setDefaultTransition );
 });