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         /*
         * jQuery UI selectmenu
         *
         * Copyright (c) 2009 AUTHORS.txt (
         
            http://jqueryui.com/about)
         
         * Dual licensed under the MIT (MIT-LICENSE.txt)
         * and GPL (GPL-LICENSE.txt) licenses.
         *
         * 
         
            http://docs.jquery.com/UI
         
         */
         (function ($) {
         $.widget("ui.selectmenu", {
         _init: function () {
         var self = this;
         //Bugfix by AG - for some reason there were no default options when I used the plugin
         //maybe it has to do with jquery UI 1.8? In any case this fixes the problem:
         var o = $.extend({}, $.ui.selectmenu.defaults, this.options);
         //quick array of button and menu id's
         this.ids = [this.element.attr('id') + '-' + 'button', this.element.attr('id') + '-' + 'menu'];
         //define safe mouseup for future toggling
         this._safemouseup = true;
         //create menu button wrapper
         this.newelement = $('<a class="' + this.widgetBaseClass + ' ui-widget ui-state-default ui-corner-all" id="' + this.ids[0] + '" role="button" href="#" aria-haspopup="true" aria-owns="' + this.ids[1] + '"></a>')
         .insertAfter(this.element);
         //transfer tabindex
         var tabindex = this.element.attr('tabindex');
         if (tabindex) { this.newelement.attr('tabindex', tabindex); }
         //save reference to select in data for ease in calling methods
         this.newelement.data('selectelement', this.element);
         //menu icon
         this.selectmenuIcon = $('<span class="' + this.widgetBaseClass + '-icon ui-icon"></span>')
         .prependTo(this.newelement)
         .addClass((o.style == "popup") ? 'ui-icon-triangle-2-n-s' : 'ui-icon-triangle-1-s');
         //make associated form label trigger focus
         $('label[for=' + this.element.attr('id') + ']')
         .attr('for', this.ids[0])
         .bind('click', function () {
         self.newelement[0].focus();
         return false;
         });
         //click toggle for menu visibility
         this.newelement
         .bind('mousedown', function (event) {
         self._toggle(event);
         //make sure a click won't open/close instantly
         if (o.style == "popup") {
         self._safemouseup = false;
         setTimeout(function () { self._safemouseup = true; }, 300);
         }
         return false;
         })
         .bind('click', function () {
         return false;
         })
         .keydown(function (event) {
         var ret = true;
         switch (event.keyCode) {
         case $.ui.keyCode.ENTER:
         ret = true;
         break;
         case $.ui.keyCode.SPACE:
         ret = false;
         self._toggle(event);
         break;
         case $.ui.keyCode.UP:
         case $.ui.keyCode.LEFT:
         ret = false;
         self._moveSelection(-1);
         break;
         case $.ui.keyCode.DOWN:
         case $.ui.keyCode.RIGHT:
         ret = false;
         self._moveSelection(1);
         break;
         case $.ui.keyCode.TAB:
         ret = true;
         break;
         default:
         ret = false;
         self._typeAhead(event.keyCode, 'mouseup');
         break;
         }
         return ret;
         })
         .bind('mouseover focus', function () {
         $(this).addClass(self.widgetBaseClass + '-focus ui-state-hover');
         })
         .bind('mouseout blur', function () {
         $(this).removeClass(self.widgetBaseClass + '-focus ui-state-hover');
         });
         //document click closes menu
         $(document)
         .mousedown(function (event) {
         self.close(event);
         });
         //change event on original selectmenu
         this.element
         .click(function () { this._refreshValue(); })
         //Bugfix by AG - newelement can be null under unclear circumstances in IE8 
         .focus(function () { if (this.newelement) { this.newelement[0].focus(); } });
         //create menu portion, append to body
         var cornerClass = (o.style == "dropdown") ? " ui-corner-bottom" : " ui-corner-all"
         this.list = $('<ul class="' + self.widgetBaseClass + '-menu ui-widget ui-widget-content' + cornerClass + '" aria-hidden="true" role="listbox" aria-labelledby="' + this.ids[0] + '" id="' + this.ids[1] + '"></ul>').appendTo('body');
         //serialize selectmenu element options	
         var selectOptionData = [];
         this.element
         .find('option')
         .each(function () {
         selectOptionData.push({
         value: $(this).attr('value'),
         text: self._formatText(jQuery(this).text()),
         selected: $(this).attr('selected'),
         classes: $(this).attr('class'),
         parentOptGroup: $(this).parent('optgroup').attr('label')//($(this).parent('optgroup').attr('label') ? $(this).parent('optgroup').attr('label') : "")
         });
         });
         //active state class is only used in popup style
         var activeClass = (self.options.style == "popup") ? " ui-state-active" : "";
         //write li's
         //for (var i in selectOptionData) {
         for(var i=0; i<selectOptionData.length; i++){
         var thisLi = $('<li role="presentation"><a href="#" tabindex="-1" role="option" aria-selected="false">' + selectOptionData[i].text + '</a></li>')
         .data('index', i)
         .addClass(selectOptionData[i].classes)
         .data('optionClasses', selectOptionData[i].classes || '')
         .mouseup(function (event) {
         if (self._safemouseup) {
         var changed = $(this).data('index') != self._selectedIndex();
         self.value($(this).data('index'));
         self.select(event);
         if (changed) { self.change(event); }
         self.close(event, true);
         }
         return false;
         })
         .click(function () {
         return false;
         })
         .bind('mouseover focus', function () {
         self._selectedOptionLi().addClass(activeClass);
         self._focusedOptionLi().removeClass(self.widgetBaseClass + '-item-focus ui-state-hover');
         $(this).removeClass('ui-state-active').addClass(self.widgetBaseClass + '-item-focus ui-state-hover');
         })
         .bind('mouseout blur', function () {
         if ($(this).is(self._selectedOptionLi())) { $(this).addClass(activeClass); }
         $(this).removeClass(self.widgetBaseClass + '-item-focus ui-state-hover');
         });
         //optgroup or not...
         if (selectOptionData[i].parentOptGroup) {
         //bugfix by AG - whitespace in the optgroupname must be replaced, otherwise the li of existing optgroups are never found
         var optGroupName = self.widgetBaseClass + '-group-' + selectOptionData[i].parentOptGroup.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/g, "");
         if (this.list.find('li.' + optGroupName).size()) {
         this.list.find('li.' + optGroupName + ':last ul').append(thisLi);
         }
         else {
         $('<li role="presentation" class="' + self.widgetBaseClass + '-group ' + optGroupName + '"><span class="' + self.widgetBaseClass + '-group-label">' + selectOptionData[i].parentOptGroup + '</span><ul></ul></li>')
         .appendTo(this.list)
         .find('ul')
         .append(thisLi);
         }
         }
         else {
         thisLi.appendTo(this.list);
         }
         //this allows for using the scrollbar in an overflowed list
         this.list.bind('mousedown mouseup', function () { return false; });
         //append icon if option is specified
         if (o.icons) {
         for (var j in o.icons) {
         if (thisLi.is(o.icons[j].find)) {
         thisLi
         .data('optionClasses', selectOptionData[i].classes + ' ' + self.widgetBaseClass + '-hasIcon')
         .addClass(self.widgetBaseClass + '-hasIcon');
         var iconClass = o.icons[j].icon || "";
         thisLi
         .find('a:eq(0)')
         .prepend('<span class="' + self.widgetBaseClass + '-item-icon ui-icon ' + iconClass + '"></span>');
         }
         }
         }
         }
         //add corners to top and bottom menu items
         this.list.find('li:last').addClass("ui-corner-bottom");
         if (o.style == 'popup') { this.list.find('li:first').addClass("ui-corner-top"); }
         //transfer classes to selectmenu and list
         if (o.transferClasses) {
         var transferClasses = this.element.attr('class') || '';
         this.newelement.add(this.list).addClass(transferClasses);
         }
         //original selectmenu width
         var selectWidth = this.element.width();
         //set menu button width
         this.newelement.width((o.width) ? o.width : selectWidth);
         //set menu width to either menuWidth option value, width option value, or select width 
         if (o.style == 'dropdown') { this.list.width((o.menuWidth) ? o.menuWidth : ((o.width) ? o.width : selectWidth)); }
         else { this.list.width((o.menuWidth) ? o.menuWidth : ((o.width) ? o.width - o.handleWidth : selectWidth - o.handleWidth)); }
         //set max height from option 
         if (o.maxHeight && o.maxHeight < this.list.height()) { this.list.height(o.maxHeight); }
         //save reference to actionable li's (not group label li's)
         this._optionLis = this.list.find('li:not(.' + self.widgetBaseClass + '-group)');
         //transfer menu click to menu button
         this.list
         .keydown(function (event) {
         var ret = true;
         switch (event.keyCode) {
         case $.ui.keyCode.UP:
         case $.ui.keyCode.LEFT:
         ret = false;
         self._moveFocus(-1);
         break;
         case $.ui.keyCode.DOWN:
         case $.ui.keyCode.RIGHT:
         ret = false;
         self._moveFocus(1);
         break;
         case $.ui.keyCode.HOME:
         ret = false;
         self._moveFocus(':first');
         break;
         case $.ui.keyCode.PAGE_UP:
         ret = false;
         self._scrollPage('up');
         break;
         case $.ui.keyCode.PAGE_DOWN:
         ret = false;
         self._scrollPage('down');
         break;
         case $.ui.keyCode.END:
         ret = false;
         self._moveFocus(':last');
         break;
         case $.ui.keyCode.ENTER:
         case $.ui.keyCode.SPACE:
         ret = false;
         self.close(event, true);
         $(event.target).parents('li:eq(0)').trigger('mouseup');
         break;
         case $.ui.keyCode.TAB:
         ret = true;
         self.close(event, true);
         break;
         case $.ui.keyCode.ESCAPE:
         ret = false;
         self.close(event, true);
         break;
         default:
         ret = false;
         self._typeAhead(event.keyCode, 'focus');
         break;
         }
         return ret;
         });
         //selectmenu style
         if (o.style == 'dropdown') {
         this.newelement
         .addClass(self.widgetBaseClass + "-dropdown");
         this.list
         .addClass(self.widgetBaseClass + "-menu-dropdown");
         }
         else {
         this.newelement
         .addClass(self.widgetBaseClass + "-popup");
         this.list
         .addClass(self.widgetBaseClass + "-menu-popup");
         }
         //append status span to button
         this.newelement.prepend('<span class="' + self.widgetBaseClass + '-status">' + selectOptionData[this._selectedIndex()].text + '</span>');
         //hide original selectmenu element
         this.element.hide();
         //transfer disabled state
         if (this.element.attr('disabled') == true) { this.disable(); }
         //update value
         this.value(this._selectedIndex());
         },
         destroy: function () {
         this.element.removeData(this.widgetName)
         .removeClass(this.widgetBaseClass + '-disabled' + ' ' + this.namespace + '-state-disabled')
         .removeAttr('aria-disabled');
         //unbind click on label, reset its for attr
         $('label[for=' + this.newelement.attr('id') + ']')
         .attr('for', this.element.attr('id'))
         .unbind('click');
         this.newelement.remove();
         this.list.remove();
         this.element.show();
         },
         _typeAhead: function (code, eventType) {
         var self = this;
         //define self._prevChar if needed
         if (!self._prevChar) { self._prevChar = ['', 0]; }
         var C = String.fromCharCode(code);
         c = C.toLowerCase();
         var focusFound = false;
         function focusOpt(elem, ind) {
         focusFound = true;
         $(elem).trigger(eventType);
         self._prevChar[1] = ind;
         };
         this.list.find('li a').each(function (i) {
         if (!focusFound) {
         var thisText = $(this).text();
         if (thisText.indexOf(C) == 0 || thisText.indexOf(c) == 0) {
         if (self._prevChar[0] == C) {
         if (self._prevChar[1] < i) { focusOpt(this, i); }
         }
         else { focusOpt(this, i); }
         }
         }
         });
         this._prevChar[0] = C;
         },
         _uiHash: function () {
         return {
         value: this.value()
         };
         },
         open: function (event) {
         var self = this;
         var disabledStatus = this.newelement.attr("aria-disabled");
         if (disabledStatus != 'true') {
         this._refreshPosition();
         this._closeOthers(event);
         this.newelement
      

         .addClass('ui-state-active');
         this.list
         .appendTo('body')
         .addClass(self.widgetBaseClass + '-open')
         .attr('aria-hidden', false)
         .find('li:not(.' + self.widgetBaseClass + '-group):eq(' + this._selectedIndex() + ') a')[0].focus();
         if (this.options.style == "dropdown") { this.newelement.removeClass('ui-corner-all').addClass('ui-corner-top'); }
         this._refreshPosition();
         this._trigger("open", event, this._uiHash());
         }
         },
         close: function (event, retainFocus) {
         if (this.newelement.is('.ui-state-active')) {
         this.newelement
         .removeClass('ui-state-active');
         this.list
         .attr('aria-hidden', true)
         .removeClass(this.widgetBaseClass + '-open');
         if (this.options.style == "dropdown") { this.newelement.removeClass('ui-corner-top').addClass('ui-corner-all'); }
         if (retainFocus) { this.newelement[0].focus(); }
         this._trigger("close", event, this._uiHash());
         }
         },
         change: function (event) {
         this.element.trigger('change');
         this._trigger("change", event, this._uiHash());
         },
         select: function (event) {
         this._trigger("select", event, this._uiHash());
         },
         _closeOthers: function (event) {
         $('.' + this.widgetBaseClass + '.ui-state-active').not(this.newelement).each(function () {
         $(this).data('selectelement').selectmenu('close', event);
         });
         $('.' + this.widgetBaseClass + '.ui-state-hover').trigger('mouseout');
         },
         _toggle: function (event, retainFocus) {
         if (this.list.is('.' + this.widgetBaseClass + '-open')) { this.close(event, retainFocus); }
         else { this.open(event); }
         },
         _formatText: function (text) {
         return this.options.format ? this.options.format(text) : text;
         },
         _selectedIndex: function () {
         return this.element[0].selectedIndex;
         },
         _selectedOptionLi: function () {
         return this._optionLis.eq(this._selectedIndex());
         },
         _focusedOptionLi: function () {
         return this.list.find('.' + this.widgetBaseClass + '-item-focus');
         },
         _moveSelection: function (amt) {
         var currIndex = parseInt(this._selectedOptionLi().data('index'), 10);
         var newIndex = currIndex + amt;
         return this._optionLis.eq(newIndex).trigger('mouseup');
         },
         _moveFocus: function (amt) {
         if (!isNaN(amt)) {
         var currIndex = parseInt(this._focusedOptionLi().data('index'), 10);
         var newIndex = currIndex + amt;
         }
         else { var newIndex = parseInt(this._optionLis.filter(amt).data('index'), 10); }
         if (newIndex < 0) { newIndex = 0; }
         if (newIndex > this._optionLis.size() - 1) {
         newIndex = this._optionLis.size() - 1;
         }
         var activeID = this.widgetBaseClass + '-item-' + Math.round(Math.random() * 1000);
         this._focusedOptionLi().find('a:eq(0)').attr('id', '');
         this._optionLis.eq(newIndex).find('a:eq(0)').attr('id', activeID)[0].focus();
         this.list.attr('aria-activedescendant', activeID);
         },
         _scrollPage: function (direction) {
         var numPerPage = Math.floor(this.list.outerHeight() / this.list.find('li:first').outerHeight());
         numPerPage = (direction == 'up') ? -numPerPage : numPerPage;
         this._moveFocus(numPerPage);
         },
         _setData: function (key, value) {
         this.options[key] = value;
         if (key == 'disabled') {
         this.close();
         this.element
         .add(this.newelement)
         .add(this.list)
         [value ? 'addClass' : 'removeClass'](
         this.widgetBaseClass + '-disabled' + ' ' +
         this.namespace + '-state-disabled')
         .attr("aria-disabled", value);
         }
         },
         value: function (newValue) {
         if (arguments.length) {
         this.element[0].selectedIndex = newValue;
         this._refreshValue();
         this._refreshPosition();
         }
         /* return value
         return this.element[0].selectedIndex;
         */
         return this.element[0].value;
         },
         _refreshValue: function () {
         var activeClass = (this.options.style == "popup") ? " ui-state-active" : "";
         var activeID = this.widgetBaseClass + '-item-' + Math.round(Math.random() * 1000);
         //deselect previous
         this.list
         .find('.' + this.widgetBaseClass + '-item-selected')
         .removeClass(this.widgetBaseClass + "-item-selected" + activeClass)
         .find('a')
         .attr('aria-selected', 'false')
         .attr('id', '');
         //select new
         this._selectedOptionLi()
         .addClass(this.widgetBaseClass + "-item-selected" + activeClass)
         .find('a')
         .attr('aria-selected', 'true')
         .attr('id', activeID);
         //toggle any class brought in from option
         var currentOptionClasses = this.newelement.data('optionClasses') ? this.newelement.data('optionClasses') : "";
         var newOptionClasses = this._selectedOptionLi().data('optionClasses') ? this._selectedOptionLi().data('optionClasses') : "";
         this.newelement
         .removeClass(currentOptionClasses)
         .data('optionClasses', newOptionClasses)
         .addClass(newOptionClasses)
         .find('.' + this.widgetBaseClass + '-status')
         .html(
         this._selectedOptionLi()
         .find('a:eq(0)')
         .html()
         );
         this.list.attr('aria-activedescendant', activeID)
         },
         _refreshPosition: function () {
         //set left value
         this.list.css('left', this.newelement.offset().left);
         //set top value
         var menuTop = this.newelement.offset().top;
         var scrolledAmt = this.list[0].scrollTop;
         this.list.find('li:lt(' + this._selectedIndex() + ')').each(function () {
         scrolledAmt -= $(this).outerHeight();
         });
         if (this.newelement.is('.' + this.widgetBaseClass + '-popup')) {
         menuTop += scrolledAmt;
         this.list.css('top', menuTop);
         }
         else {
         menuTop += this.newelement.height();
         this.list.css('top', menuTop);
         }
         }
         });
         $.extend($.ui.selectmenu, {
         getter: "value",
         version: "@VERSION",
         eventPrefix: "selectmenu",
         defaults: {
         transferClasses: true,
         style: 'popup',
         width: null,
         menuWidth: null,
         handleWidth: 26,
         maxHeight: null,
         icons: null,
         format: null
         }
         });
         })(jQuery);