The second release candidate for jQuery UI 1.8 is out and ready for testing. You can download it here:

Download

File Downloads

• Development Bundle: http://jquery-ui.googlecode.com/files/jquery-ui-1.8rc2.zip

Svn

• svn checkout http://jquery-ui.googlecode.com/svn/tags/1.8rc2/
• Browse source code: http://code.google.com/p/jquery-ui/source/browse/#svn/tags/1.8rc2

Changelog

See the 1.8rc2 Changelog for what’s been fixed since 1.8rc1. For a list of all issues fixed since 1.7.2, see previous 1.8 changelogs.

Upgrade Guide

A full Upgrade Guide for easing the transition between 1.7 and 1.8 is in the works. This will be ready in time for the final release. In the meantime, one of the more significant (and breaking) changes in 1.8 already documented there is a refactor of the widget factory. This means anyone that has built their own plugin that uses the widget factory will need to make a number of changes for compatibility with 1.8. For a view of these changes, see the widget factory section of the Upgrade Guide. Also, see this sample implementation of a simple widget with both the 1.7 and 1.8 widget factories, and the differences, by Scott González.

Plan for 1.8 final

We hope to release jQuery UI 1.8 final after a couple days, assuming there aren’t any blocking issues present in this release candidate.

Thanks

A big thanks to all that have worked on all the bug fixes and other improvements that have gone into this release. We’ll have a proper listing of all contributors in the final release announcement.

How to report issues

If you find any issues in this release, please do not put them in comments on this post, but instead head over to the Developing jQuery UI Forum. Thank you.

The first beta release for jQuery UI 1.8 is out. You can download it here:

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File Downloads

• Development Bundle: http://jquery-ui.googlecode.com/files/jquery-ui-1.8b1.zip

Svn

• Tag: http://jquery-ui.googlecode.com/svn/tags/1.8b1/

Changelog

See the 1.8b1 Changelog for full details on what’s included in this release.
Please help us test this and beat it up. The plan is to have one more beta release, and then an rc1 before final.

Thanks

A big thanks to all that have worked on all the bug fixes and other improvements that have gone into this release.

The second preview release for jQuery UI 1.8 is out. You can download it here:

Download

File Downloads

• Development Bundle: http://jquery-ui.googlecode.com/files/jquery-ui-1.8a2.zip

Svn

• Tag: http://jquery-ui.googlecode.com/svn/tags/1.8a2/

Changelog

See the 1.8a2 Changelog for full details on what’s included in this release.
Please help us test this and beat it up. The plan is to have two beta releases. New plugins may be added still before the first beta. The plugins in the first 1.8 beta will be the plugins in 1.8 final.

Thanks

A big thanks to all that have worked on all the bug fixes and other improvements that have gone into this release.

The first preview release for jQuery UI 1.8 is out. You can download it here:

Download

File Downloads

• Development Bundle: http://jquery-ui.googlecode.com/files/jquery-ui-1.8a1.zip

Svn

• Tag: http://jquery-ui.googlecode.com/svn/tags/1.8a1/

Changelog

See the 1.8a1 Changelog for full details on what’s included in this release.

New Plugins

In addition to a number of bug fixes, this release adds three new plugins:

• Position
• Stackfix (update: later removed, changed back to bgigframe)
• zIndex

Please help us test these out and beat them up. The plan is to have one more alpha releases, and then two beta releases. New plugins may be added still before the first beta. The plugins in the first 1.8 beta will be the plugins in 1.8 final.

Thanks

A big thanks to all that have worked on creating these new plugins, incorporating them into this release, as well as all the bug fixes and other improvements that have gone into this release.

The second maintenance release for jQuery UI 1.7 is out. You can download it here:

Download

File Downloads

• Development Bundle: http://jquery-ui.googlecode.com/files/jquery-ui-1.7.2.zip
• Themes Package: http://jquery-ui.googlecode.com/files/jquery-ui-themes-1.7.2.0.zip

Svn

• Tag: http://jquery-ui.googlecode.com/svn/tags/1.7.2/
• Themes: http://jquery-ui.googlecode.com/svn/tags/1.7.2/themes/

Google Ajax Libraries API

• Uncompressed: http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.7.2/jquery-ui.js
• Compressed: http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.7.2/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 1.7.2 Changelog for full details on what’s included in this release.

New Themes

Filament Group has done it again. They’ve given us 7 more beautiful themes in the ThemeRoller Gallery:

Dark Hive

Eggplant

Flick

Le Frog

Overcast

Pepper Grinder

Sunny

Overhauled Download Builder

A huge thanks to Gavin Mulligan, one of our newest contributors, for doing a complete overhaul of our download builder, fixing issues people were having with invalid zip files and missing theme files on certain browsers and platforms.

Also, a big thanks to all that helped identify issues in the old and test the new download builder: Aaron Barker, agnawt, Attila, Bear, Beaver6813, boater21, Brian McManus, brucealdridge, cblaze22, cioa, Cloudream, compsagnathus, davidcoallier, dgm, dp, dpaviani, engemasa, evo, garrardkitchen, Glauco Morais, gmaddockgreene, gtrplayer5150, hanmari, Hans Petter, hdragomir, joern.zaefferer, joldag, Julián C. Pérez, kareem, Karl, Keith Barrows, Kelheinz, khinester, Kim Rowden, KingCode, Lakshmi, latrippi, linuxjuggler, Logictrap, Matthew, mawcs, MorningZ, nilicule, p8w, Paul Bakaus, Petre KOSTOV, Phoenix Sol, pnanduri76, rdworth, rsm08, rwalsh, Rwhitbeck, Scott González, Scott Jehl, SexyBeast, SiCo, smorgen, sosensible, sotonin, Spencer, ssr, steenbag, steve_goodman, Todd Parker, tonybibbs, utobia, WanderingZombie

The legacy compatibility update release, jQuery UI 1.6 is out. You can download it here:

Download

File Downloads

• Development Bundle: http://jquery-ui.googlecode.com/files/jquery.ui-1.6.zip

Svn

• Tag: http://jquery-ui.googlecode.com/svn/tags/1.6/

Google Ajax Libraries API

• Uncompressed: http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.6/jquery-ui.js
• Compressed: http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.6/jquery-ui.min.js

Custom Download Builder

Changelog

See the 1.6 Changelog for full details on what’s included in this release.

Reminder

This is a legacy update release for 1.5. It is intended for anyone still using jQuery 1.2.6. If you’re able to upgrade to jQuery 1.3+, it is highly recommended that you use jQuery UI 1.7, which is the latest stable release.