jQuery UI 1.7

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We’re excited to announce that we’ve finalized version 1.7 of the jQuery UI library; we think this is a momentous release and a major leap forward on a host of fronts.

What’s new?

There’s a ton of new stuff in 1.7. We’ve fixed hundreds of bugs since 1.5.3 and are introducing many new features, a better core architecture, and major theming improvements. We blogged about it already for the rc’s, but here is quick list of the highlights:

Getting Started with 1.7

If you’re brand new to jQuery UI, or if you’ve worked with a version posted before [January 2009], there are some changes to the API and directory structures that would be helpful to understand. To get everyone up to speed fast, we’ve created a Getting Started Guide that walks through the basics of what jQuery UI 1.7 can do, how to use themes, and how to download and use the new jQuery UI for the first time.

Upgrading to 1.7 from previous versions

To ease the transition to version 1.7, we’ve created a detailed Upgrade Guide that summarizes what has changed for each plugin. If you want to dig into the details, you can view the full 1.7 Changelog which lists every change made in this release.

What about jQuery 1.2.6 compatibility?

As we announced earlier, jQuery UI 1.7 is only compatible with the latest jQuery 1.3+. Now that 1.7 is out the door, we’re turning our attention to creating a jQuery 1.6 legacy release (based on 1.6rc2) that will roll as many bug fixes as possible into the 1.5.3 codebase and be compatible with jQuery 1.2.6. We’re hoping to have this complete within the next month. To learn more about this split release approach, please see jQuery UI 1.7 is the new 1.6.

Get involved: Join us on the planning wiki!

We welcome your participation and feedback as we grow into a larger project. To keep us organized and make planning transparent to the community, we’ve created a new design and planning wiki at http://wiki.jqueryui.com/, where we’re refining and detailing our processes for growing the team and the project, accepting and reviewing contributions, and prioritizing new plugins into a roadmap. By channeling ideas and decisions made on the jQuery UI Dev google group conversations into the wiki, we hope to provide a single, unified view of our current thinking. To see what we’re up to, check the summary of the current development status at the top of the wiki homepage.

Thanks!

Last but not least, we really want to thank all of the (nearly 300) contributors that helped make this release what it is. We could not have done it without you: 11880, 4pcbr, aakoch, aali, aaronbarker, adamc, aflesler, aimerick, ajacksified, ajpiano, aksival, akuzemchak, alan.castro, aleemb, ALLPRO, anatari, andreas, andrew.akester, andreyavram, antin, apaella, arjen.vellinga, Arshad Abbas, astray, auxbuss, ayoung, bendewey, Benjamin Sterling, Blakomen, bmoen, boconnor, Bohdan Ganicky, braddunbar, Briel, brucealdridge, Bruno Basto, buzz, c_schmitz, c_t, C-rank, Ca-Phun Ung (pazu2k), calin.pavel, cap60552, chag, cheeaun, cheesedoily, chrisbarr, Christopher T Tillman, cjwilks, Cloudream, Cody Lindley, Colin Clark, Cornelis G. A. Kolbach, cr at accxmedia, d.glynn, d.taylor, Dakkar, daniel at zelisko, daniel.richard, datactrl, Dave, Dave Methvin, david, david at davidkmuir, David Bolter, davidb, deebo, dekimsey, designerno1, destitutus, dg.kaba, dgyimesi, djfrey, dmuir, dodge, donschuy, doyer.guyllaume, dtetto, dypa, ebartels, edomato, Eduardo Lundgren, electrawn, epascarello, erangalp, Eric Martin, eric258, erl, f.hewitt, figital, filamentgroup, Firehed, Flat Stanley, floating.eye22, Fontzter, fracmak, fusioned, fyedernoggersnodden, gargantuan, GavynSykes, george.blouin, GlowingRose, gpbmike, gregmac, Gunner, happycow, headchem, herve, hex0id, HookipaDave, hwinkel, ifeghali, Jackson F. de A. Mafra, Jacob, jacobat, jamrok, janmarek, jasondavies, jbourey, jeff, Jess Mitchell, jezaustin, jimmy, jink, jneal at liferay, Jo-W, johng, JohnnyCee, Jonas Flint, Jonathan Sharp, jonspalmer, Jörn Zaefferer, Joshua Langner, jpra, jsamort, jsycamore, jzu, kaladis, kam99, Karl Swedberg, kbwood, Kevin Dalman, kevingessner, KevinM2k, Klaus Hartl, kof, kof13, Kostrowsky, kouphax, kpitn, kylev, leason, linoj, lionel.armanet, lisbakke, lublushokolad, lukebrookhart, macarthy, magenest, Maggie Wachs, maguireji, Marc Diethelm, Marc Grabanski, Mark Gibson, mark_story, mark.leung, Marsha Hardy, mask2012 at 126, matt83uk, Matteo Ligabue, mattih5, Maurice, mdenyse, memaddy, mephis1987, metayii, mgerstenblatt, mgl, mharpste, mholmes, michelled, mikejolley, mikioma, mlang74, morf, Morten, mpj, mtk, nanodeath, Nate Cavanaugh, Nathaniel, neiljaywarner, NeoAnderson, nestor.urquiza, nivancevic, nlothian, nostrademons, ntoniazzi, obrie, olivier, onestone, op, paranoidsponge, paul, Paul Bakaus, [email protected], Pavel.Mileshchenko, peterp, PJ, Point, pwnedd, r.riedl at gmx, random at luktown, Ranga Narendra, Rao S. Thotakura, raus22, raziel057, rdworth, recrit, redsquare, Remy Sharp, Rey Bango, rgattinoni, Rich Caloggero, rjwalsh at stanford, robmonie, roch at immoserver, rodrigocuriel, roywb, s.lopes at chello, saturnism, Scott González, scottjehl, seb.duggan, serializer, serverfire, shelane, shlomoweb1, Skaffen, skeetio, skorpan, smoofles, smurkas, snobo, sonofanickel, sonukapoor, sorpigal, sosensible, spiri, Steven Black, Stuardo -StR- Rodríguez, svinopas, sylvain.baronnet, szinya at mentha, tallvanilla, Tane Piper, taylorr, tcarnell, theothermike, ThrushAAX, tiago.simoes, Tim, timothee, tjerkw, tleveque, tlianza, Todd Parker, Tom Dyer, torq, ToyChicken, trixta, Trustmaster, tud, tuzemec, txgruppi, unique, vakata, valerchik, vladm, vmx, walterbt, webdawson, wichert, Wobble, wolfpakz, Yëco, zeguizmo, ZeroMD, ziadoz, zigzag.chen.