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You might want to investigate the use of class BP_Core_Members_Template also. Lots more flexibility there. /bp-core/bp-core-templatetags.php. However you’ll have to build your own output format and use the loop tags for that template.

There is also javascript that rules what’s going on in the members widget: /bp-core/js/widget-members.js

Also a css class=”selected” in the html output of the widget. Gotta take all into account and tie them all together.