dropping intial code for #4957 - too many open issues to get this into 1.8

diff --git a/ui/jquery.ui.core.js b/ui/jquery.ui.core.js
index 4290dc52172f5eb722157fb47983f4286e940ce9..28cf9075b45b45e2c3d76222da294c2fe037402f 100644 (file)
--- a/ui/jquery.ui.core.js
+++ b/ui/jquery.ui.core.js
@@ -98,26 +98,6 @@ $.ui = {
                SPACE: 32,
                TAB: 9,
                UP: 38
-       },
-       
-       element: function(value, context) {
-               var ret = $([]); // $(context) ?
-                
-               if (value.jquery) {
-                       ret = value;
-               } else if (value == 'parent') {
-                       ret = $(context).parent();
-               } else if (value == 'clone') {
-                       ret = $(context).clone().removeAttr('id');
-               } else if (value == 'window') {
-                       ret = $(context).window(); // requires .window() plugin
-               } else if (value.nodeType || typeof value == 'string' || $.isArray(value)) {
-                       ret = $(value, context);
-               } else if ($.isFunction(value)) {
-                       ret = value(context);
-               }
-                
-               return ret;
        }
 };
 
@@ -214,12 +194,6 @@ $.fn.extend({
                }
 
                return 0;
-       },
-       
-       window: function() {
-               return this.pushStack($.unique($.map(this, function() {
-                       return this.ownerDocument.defaultView;
-               })));
        }
 });