DOJO seems to have some quirks here. I specifically need to have the TabContainer hidden when the page loads, but then become visible after the user clicks a button. The fir
There is solution for this. If you want to show TabContainer calll:
dijit.byId("tabContainer").domNode.style.display = 'block'; dijit.byId("tabContainer").resize();
and use 'none' if you want to hide TabContainer.
This works for me, but that is truth, it is not obvious :)