JQuery UI Tabs - replace tab and contents
- by Tauren
What is the best way to replace the currently selected tab and its contents? The content is dynamically generated with jquery, not loaded via a URL.
I need to do this from outside of any tab code or tab event handler (show, add, etc.). There is a link elsewhere on the page that should do the following when clicked:
Change the tab's title
Change the tab's className
Clear out all elements of the tabcontent div
Change the tabcontent div's className
Generate new content inside the tabcontent div
Note that the only reference this link's click() handler has is to the JQuery tabs object ($Tabs). I can get the selected tab with $Tabs.tabs('option','selected'). But how can I get a reference to the selected tab's tab and panel? Inside of a jquery tab handler (show, add, etc.), I have access to ui.tab and ui.panel, but is there a way to get them from a tabs option?
Would it be better to simply remove the currently selected tab and then add a new tab in the same index location? I'd have to put the code to generate the tab content into the add() handler then I suppose.
