Let's look at how these configurable properties can be used. For example, let's configure the widget so that the second tab is displayed when the page loads. Remove the <link>
for tabsTheme.css
in the <head>
and change the final <script>
element so that it appears as follows:
<script type="text/javascript"> $(function(){ var tabOpts = { selected: 1 }; $("#myTabs").tabs(tabOpts); }); </script>
Save this as tabs3.html
. The different tabs and their associated content panels are represented by a numerical index starting at zero, much like a standard JavaScript array. Specifying a different tab to open by default is as easy as supplying its index number as the value for the selected
property. When the page loads, the second tab should be selected.
We've switched to the default smoothness theme so that we can focus on how the properties work. Along with changing which tab is selected we can also specify that no tabs should be initially...