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>')
+ this.newelement = $('<a class="'+ this.widgetBaseClass +' ui-widget ui-state-default ui-corner-all" id="'+this.ids[0]+'" role="button" href="#" tabindex="0" aria-haspopup="true" aria-owns="'+this.ids[1]+'"></a>')
.insertAfter(this.element);
//transfer tabindex