How to extend a jquery ui widget ? (1.7)

Question

I would like to create a custom version of the sortable widget. I have been searching for documentation, but could not find something really accurate. The best information I

Answer 1

Regarding the selected solution above:

$.widget("ui.customsortable", $.extend(true, {}, $.ui.sortable.prototype, {

If you are extending one objects options into another, the [deep] flag of true will give you the desired results.