While I can use this workaround for myself, it is getting a bit frustrating on our build systems. Will this be fixed soon so we do not have to do this?
Also, there is a conflict in the jqwidgets.d.ts definitions on line 9. It reads:
declare var $: any;
It should be:
declare var $: JQueryStatic;
Thanks for all your help. Look forward to hearing from you.