can anyone help me use the jquery ui selectable library to perform the following functions:
This is worked around in another question, but I'm reposting here for anyone who finds this via google. If you bind the "mousedown" event in jQuery and set metaKey there (as if the user is holding the ctrl/cmd key), then when you call selectable, it will already be set.
$(".YOUR_SELECTOR_HERE").bind("mousedown", function(e) {
e.metaKey = true;
}).selectable();