jQuery tabs selecting specific tab

Question

I have a page containing a set of jQuery tabs. All the tabs point at the same target div, but load it with different content via ajax. When I perform the initial full page

Answer 1

In case anyone else comes here looking for the answer, the current (as of this date) way to select a tab (jQuery UI 1.10) is to use the "active" option:

Initialize the tabs with the active option specified:

$( ".selector" ).tabs({ active: 1 });

http://api.jqueryui.com/tabs/#option-active