How to override jQuery UI Widget Styles and Keep the Functionality

Question

I am using jQuery UI for an in-house application.

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I am looking for an easy way to remove all style information provided by jQuery UI on a given widget instance. I'm open to really anything, but a reusable javascript solution would be perfect. It's absolutely imperative that no functionality is lost.

the most important thing is that all background-images are removed, I'm ok with keeping the layout styles.

ideally something like...

$tabs = $("#someElement").tabs();
$tabs.removeStyles();

But I'm open to whatever allows me to modify widget styles in a flexible way.

The end goal is to have as much control of styles as possible

Answer 1

You could easily create a removeStyles function of your own.

$.fn.removeStyles = function(){
 $(this).attr('class','');
};

This would remove all styles from the element you select.

Edit: If you want to remove only the classes that jquery ui creates you have limited options. You could compare the classes in the class attribute to a list of jquery-ui classes you've typed. There's no magic bullet which will remove jquery ui automagically.

Answer 2

you can just remove the css file and start rebuilding that with just the layout you want. it is a lot of work but that's the price that comes with it...