The first release candidate for jQuery UI 1.9 is out! Since the beta release, we’ve upgraded to jQuery Core 1.8.0 and jQuery Color 2.0.0 and landed quite a few more bug fixes. We’re getting close to a final release, but we’re still pretty busy working on our new infrastructure. We’re working on a new web site, new download builder, and new documentation site to accompany the new release.

For a list of the major changes between 1.8 and 1.9, check out the beta release announcement. Keep in mind that 1.9 brings a lot of API changes, but we’re committed to having 1.9 fully support the 1.8 APIs even though many of them are deprecated. You can read more about the API redesigns in a previous blog post. For a full list of changes, see the list of 1.9.0 fixed tickets. We’re working on a full changelog and upgrade guide for the final release.

Download

File Downloads

• Development Bundle: http://jquery-ui.googlecode.com/files/jquery-ui-1.9.0-rc.1.zip

Git (contains source files, with @VERSION not yet replaced with 1.9.0-rc.1, base theme only)

• Tag: http://github.com/jquery/jquery-ui/tree/1.9.0-rc.1

Comments

Note: please do NOT use the comments section of this blog post for reporting bugs. Bug reports should be filed in the jQuery UI Bug Tracker and support questions should be posted on the jQuery Forum.

If you have feedback on us doing our first release candidate for jQuery UI 1.9, feel free to leave a comment below. Thank you.

The twenty third maintenance release for jQuery UI 1.8 is out. This update brings bug fixes for Datepicker, Dialog, Draggable, and Position, as well as adding support for jQuery 1.8. We know we made the same claim about 1.8.22, but there were some changes between the jQuery UI 1.8.22 release and the jQuery 1.8.0 release that caused regressions. 1.8.23 fixes all known issues with jQuery 1.8.0. For the full list of changes, see the changelog. You can download it here:

Download

File Downloads

• Development Bundle: http://jquery-ui.googlecode.com/files/jquery-ui-1.8.23.zip
• Themes Package: http://jquery-ui.googlecode.com/files/jquery-ui-themes-1.8.23.zip

Svn (contains final files as they are in the zip, with @VERSION replaced with 1.8.23, all themes)

• Tag: http://jquery-ui.googlecode.com/svn/tags/1.8.23/
• Themes: http://jquery-ui.googlecode.com/svn/tags/1.8.23/themes/

Git (contains source files, with @VERSION not yet replaced with 1.8.23, base theme only)

• Tag: http://github.com/jquery/jquery-ui/tree/1.8.23

Google Ajax Libraries API (CDN)

• Uncompressed: http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.23/jquery-ui.js
• Compressed: http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.23/jquery-ui.min.js
• Themes:
  base, black-tie, blitzer, cupertino, dark-hive, dot-luv, eggplant, excite-bike, flick, hot-sneaks, humanity, le-frog, mint-choc, overcast, pepper-grinder, redmond, smoothness, south-street, start, sunny, swanky-purse, trontastic, ui-darkness, ui-lightness, and vader.

Microsoft Ajax CDN (CDN)

• Uncompressed: http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.ui/1.8.23/jquery-ui.js
• Compressed: http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.ui/1.8.23/jquery-ui.min.js
• Themes:
  base, black-tie, blitzer, cupertino, dark-hive, dot-luv, eggplant, excite-bike, flick, hot-sneaks, humanity, le-frog, mint-choc, overcast, pepper-grinder, redmond, smoothness, south-street, start, sunny, swanky-purse, trontastic, ui-darkness, ui-lightness, and vader.

Custom Download Builder

Changelog

See the 1.8.23 Upgrade Guide for a list of changes that may affect you when upgrading from 1.8.22. For full details on what’s included in this release see the 1.8.23 Changelog.

Thanks

Thanks to all who helped with this release, specifically: Brennan Roberts, crimsondr, jakecigar, jarkaruus, marianoguerra, matzes, Scott González, shnitz, staticdream.

Comments

Note: please do NOT use the comments section of this blog post for reporting bugs. Bug reports should be filed in the jQuery UI Bug Tracker and support questions should be posted on the jQuery Forum.

If you have feedback on us doing our twenty third maintenance release for jQuery UI 1.8, feel free to leave a comment below. Thank you.