From bef7f1b15b1576c87faad1eb36458921c2443f30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felix Nagel <info@felixnagel.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:06:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Selectmenu: click an optgroup header should not close the
 menu

---
 ui/jquery.ui.selectmenu.js | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ui/jquery.ui.selectmenu.js b/ui/jquery.ui.selectmenu.js
index 6cb2c3014..46289677b 100644
--- a/ui/jquery.ui.selectmenu.js
+++ b/ui/jquery.ui.selectmenu.js
@@ -253,7 +253,13 @@ $.widget( "ui.selectmenu", {
 
 		$.each( items, function( index, item ) {
 			if ( item.optgroup != currentOptgroup ) {
-				var optgroup = $( '<li class="ui-selectmenu-optgroup">' + item.optgroup + '</li>' );
+				var optgroup = $( '<li />', {
+					'class': 'ui-selectmenu-optgroup',
+					html: item.optgroup,
+					click: function( event ){
+						event.stopPropagation();
+					}
+				});
 				if ( item.element.parent( "optgroup" ).attr( "disabled" ) ) optgroup.addClass( 'ui-state-disabled' );
 				ul.append( optgroup );
 				currentOptgroup = item.optgroup;