Summary

This is a release candidate for jQuery UI 1.8. It is the second release candidate of the 1.8 series and should be the final release before 1.8 final comes out.

Core

• Fixed: zIndex() only checks inline style, and ignores CSS. (5110)

Widget

• Fixed: .remove() proxy doesn't work properly. (5143)

Widgets

Autocomplete

• Fixed: Autocomplete menu not visible in IE6. (5105)

• Fixed: Autocomplete: Turn off collision detection for menu. (5114)

• Fixed: Create menu only once and return that element from the widget method, put ui-autocomplete class on menu. (5120)

Datepicker

• Fixed: Conflict between beforeShowDay and getDate. (5187)

• Fixed: Datepicker appears underneath other widgets. (4580)

Partial fix: UI Datepicker inside UI Dialog Issue. (4453)

• Fixed: Datepicker opens when setDate called. (5128)

• Fixed: Separate month and year unless both are drop-downs. (r3787)

• Fixed: Datepicker's vertical position in thickbox. (4443) This also fixes the virtual position when the datepicker is close but not right at the bottom of the page.

Dialog

• Fixed: Datepicker Month/Year Dropdowns Not Working In Safari In A Dialog. (4363)

• Fixed: Position of Dialog is off the page when viewport is smaller then. (5141)

• Fixed: isOpen in dialogclose event is true. (5184)

Slider

• Fixed: Events not being triggered for drag and drop. (5134)

• Fixed: Slider's change event fires on slide. (5178)

Tabs

• Fixed: Bug in ui.tabs selected tab detection. (5122)

Interactions

Draggable

• Fixed: start,drag and stop events should be preventable. (4145)

• Fixed: Fixed positions include wrong scroll offset in Safari 4. (4631)

• Fixed: Events not being triggered for drag and drop. (5134)

• Fixed: draggable broken on inline elements in webkit browsers. (4824)

Droppable

• Fixed: Events not being triggered for drag and drop. (5134)

Resizable

• Fixed: resizable('destroy') moves images to end of parent element. (4940)

• Fixed: Events not being triggered for drag and drop. (5134)

Sortable

• Fixed: Events not being triggered for drag and drop. (5134)

Effects

• Fixed: build.xml doesn't compile effects into full script. (5109)

• Fixed: Include all effect docs in build for download. (5103)

Blind/Fold

• Fixed: blind/fold didnt work. (5097)

Miscellaneous

• Fixed: Slider demos need options reset before loading next demo. (5131)

• Added: Switched to jQuery 1.4.2. (5182)

• Renamed: css files renamed to be consistent with js file renames in 1.8a1. (5163)