Use jQueryUI slider within adobe edge animate.

I am looking for a way to use jQueryUI slider within adobe edge animate.

I have to build a boilerplate, that our designers are able to use for building different sliders. But when I use the .slider()-function, I always get the error:

Uncaught TypeError: Object #<Object> has no method 'replace' at edge.2.0.0.min.js:135

I think, the cause is, that jQueryUI builds an a-tag, in order to have a slider.

Do you know a way to fix that? The only way I found on the web was, to use .draggable(). But that is of no use for us. We need .slider().