Widget: Use existing widgetEventPrefix when extending. Fixes #8724 - widgetEventPrefix is lost when extending existing widget.

Author: scottgonzalez

tests/unit/widget/widget_core.js

@@ -1240,6 +1240,21 @@ test( "redefine deep prototype chain", function() {
 	delete $.ui.testWidget2;
 });
 
+test( "redefine - widgetEventPrefix", function() {
+	expect( 2 );
+
+	$.widget( "ui.testWidget", {
+		widgetEventPrefix: "test"
+	});
+	equal( $.ui.testWidget.prototype.widgetEventPrefix, "test",
+		"cusotm prefix in original" );
+
+	$.widget( "ui.testWidget", $.ui.testWidget, {} );
+	equal( $.ui.testWidget.prototype.widgetEventPrefix, "test",
+		"cusotm prefix in extension" );
+
+});
+
 asyncTest( "_delay", function() {
 	expect( 6 );
 	var order = 0,

ui/jquery.ui.widget.js

@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ $.widget = function( name, base, prototype ) {
 		// TODO: remove support for widgetEventPrefix
 		// always use the name + a colon as the prefix, e.g., draggable:start
 		// don't prefix for widgets that aren't DOM-based
-		widgetEventPrefix: name
+		widgetEventPrefix: basePrototype.widgetEventPrefix || name
 	}, prototype, {
 		constructor: constructor,
 		namespace: namespace,