title: How to override jQuery UI Widget Styles and Keep the Functionality
body: <p>I am using <a href="http://jqueryui.com/" rel="noreferrer">jQuery UI</a> for an in-house application.</p>
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  <p>I am looking for an easy way to remove all style information provided by jQuery UI on a given widget instance.  I'm open to really anything, but a reusable javascript solution would be perfect.  It's absolutely imperative that no functionality is lost.</p>
  <p><em>the most important thing is that</em> all <em>background-images are removed, I'm ok with keeping the layout styles.</em></p>
  <p><strong>ideally something like...</strong></p>
  <pre><code>$tabs = $(&quot;#someElement&quot;).tabs();
  $tabs.removeStyles();
  </code></pre>
  <p>But I'm open to whatever allows me to modify widget styles in a flexible way.</p>
  <p><strong>The end goal is to have <em>as much control</em> of styles as possible</strong></p>