From c0ab71056b936627e8a7821f03c044aec6280a40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Schmitz <arschmitz@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 15:56:04 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Widget Factory: Make $.widget return the constructor. Fixes
 #9467 - Widget factory: Return the constructor from $.widget().

---
 tests/unit/widget/widget_core.js | 5 +++--
 ui/jquery.ui.widget.js           | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/unit/widget/widget_core.js b/tests/unit/widget/widget_core.js
index 3268b756d..aff07cc35 100644
--- a/tests/unit/widget/widget_core.js
+++ b/tests/unit/widget/widget_core.js
@@ -615,12 +615,13 @@ test( ".disable()", function() {
 });
 
 test( ".widget() - base", function() {
-	expect( 1 );
-	$.widget( "ui.testWidget", {
+	expect( 2 );
+	var constructor = $.widget( "ui.testWidget", {
 		_create: function() {}
 	});
 	var div = $( "<div>" ).testWidget();
 	deepEqual( div[0], div.testWidget( "widget" )[0]);
+	deepEqual( constructor, $.ui.testWidget, "$.widget returns the constructor" );
 });
 
 test( ".widget() - overriden", function() {
diff --git a/ui/jquery.ui.widget.js b/ui/jquery.ui.widget.js
index 93daaf1ca..885e2019f 100644
--- a/ui/jquery.ui.widget.js
+++ b/ui/jquery.ui.widget.js
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ $.widget = function( name, base, prototype ) {
 	}
 
 	$.widget.bridge( name, constructor );
+
+	return constructor;
 };
 
 $.widget.extend = function( target ) {