curCSS issue with jQuery UI

[Motty]

When I use jQuery UI v1.8.18 position utility with jQuery 1.8pre I am getting this error:

Uncaught TypeError: Object function ( selector, context ) {
		// The jQuery object is actually just the init constructor 'enhanced'
		return new jQuery.fn.init( selector, context, rootjQuery );
	} has no method 'curCSS' - jquery-ui.js:10079

I know curCSS is just an alias for jQuery.css, but this seems to break backwards compatibility because when I switch the jQuery version to 1.7.2, the utility works as expected.

Demo:  http://jsfiddle.net/Mottie/mTdGm/

[scott.gonzalez]

This is not a bug and jQuery UI master doesn't use curCSS.

[dmethvin]

Well Scott should know so I'll close this ticket. Just FYI that's a pretty old version. It would be worthwhile reporting these if they are broken with the most recent version of UI.

[Motty]

Well I was using google's CDN of jQuery UI, I just tested it with the latest version (1.8.21)... same error.

 https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8/jquery-ui.js

search through that page, it finds 19 instances of "curCSS"

[rwaldron]

jQuery 1.8pre is not a stable release of jQuery. This should be refiled with jQuery UI so compatibility progress can be tracked.

[mikesherov]

We recently removed jQuery.curCSS in 1.8pre as its been deprecated since jquery 1.3. It appears that jQueryUI still uses $.curCSS heavily. I'm reopening to talk about whether or not it's worth saving 3 bytes to force an incompatibility with latest UI.

[mikesherov]

scott.gonzalez knows what he's doing. I shouldn't have re-opened.

[scott.gonzalez]

I just added $.curCSS back in UI core in the 1-8-stable branch so that jQuery UI 1.8.22+ can support jQuery 1.8.

 https://github.com/jquery/jquery-ui/commit/98772fd0a1094f7fb2fbe1d8a95557bf2b545f6e

Supporting 18 versions of jQuery core sure is fun :-)

[djwillyguevara@…]

Update jquery UI too and Solved.

[anonymous]

New wersion jQuery UI 1.9.0 - I have this problem again.

[scott.gonzalez]

@anonymous: jQuery UI 1.9.0 never uses curCSS. Please use the forums or StackOverflow for help.

[email@…]

I have this problem with jQuery UI 1.8.21 Dialog and jQuery 1.8.2

[email@…]

Replying to email@…:

I have this problem with jQuery UI 1.8.21 Dialog and jQuery 1.8.2

Fixed by using jQuery UI 1.9.0.

[raphievila@…]

I'm having the same problem with 1.9.2, just install it. Using draggable and hasn't been working since 1.8.21

[anonymous]

Replying to raphievila@…:

I'm having the same problem with 1.9.2, just install it. Using draggable and hasn't been working since 1.8.21

I found the error... I was using a plug_in that used the jQuery.browser that has been deprecated. Create my own browser detector, delete plug-in and now is working fine. Sorry for that.

[gorilonmax]

I only changed curCSS to css and worked fine.