The documentation for jQueryUI tabs is a bit cryptic. It was not immediately clear how to Select a jQuery UI tab with Javascript, but I got it working with this little bit of code:
$( “#tabs” ).tabs( ‘select’, “#profile” );
`#profile` is the `id` of the tab you would like to select, and `#tabs` is the element you set up the tabs on by calling `$( “#tabs” )`
You may also have to use `jQuery` instead of `$` if you have `noConflict` mode enabled, the tabs need to be initialized first (as previously mentioned), and it is possible you will need to put all this info inside the ‘jQuery document ready’ wrapper:
jQuery(function($){
$( “#tabs” ).tabs( ‘select’, “#profile” );
});
