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[09:42:55 CST(-0600)] <jwennmacher> @jsittler any comments?
[09:56:21 CST(-0600)] <jsittler> I would agree with James. Any work that can be done to implement and test against a newer jQuery library would be beneficial to the community. If we are unable to do that testing, then as a temporary solution, you could write a CSS rule in the portlet(s) that would override the theme bug.