[jQuery] Tabs created on the fly

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 19:38:44 -0700 

I used to be able to create new tabs with the tabs plugin, but I've
messed something up (or maybe there's something different in the new
version).

Anyway, here's the setup:

<script type="text/javascript">

function createTab (myId, myText) {
   myId = myId || '4' ;
   myText = myText || "Four";
   var myDivId = 'div-' + myId;
   var myAnchor = '#' + myDivId;
   // create tab and div w/ dom_creator plugin
   var myTab = $.LI({},
      $.A({ href:myAnchor}, myText ) );
   $('#tabContainer').append(myTab);
   var myDiv= $.DIV( {id:myDivId, Class:'fragment clearfix'},
'Fetching data . . . ');
   // $(myDiv).append(loadingAnim );
   $('#container').after(myDiv);
   $('#container').find('#tabContainer
ul>li>a').unbind('click').end().tabs() ;
   // debugger;
   $('#container').triggerTab(4);
}


$(function() {
    $('#container').tabs();
    $('button.test').bind('click', function(){createTab()});

});

</script>

and here's the html, adapted from demo page:
   <body>
        <button class='test'>Create Tab</button>

        <div id="container">
            <ul id='tabContainer' class='tabs-nav'>
                <li><a href="#div-1">One</a></li>
                <li><a href="#div-2">Two</a></li>
                <li><a href="#div-3">Three</a></li>
            </ul>
            <div id="div-1">
                <p>First tab is active by default:</p>
                <pre><code>$(&#039;#container&#039;).tabs();</code></
pre>
            </div>
            <div id="div-2">
                Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing
elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna
aliquam erat volutpat.
                Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing
elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna
aliquam erat volutpat.
            </div>
            <div id="div-3">
                Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing
elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna
aliquam erat volutpat.
                Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing
elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna
aliquam erat volutpat.
                Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing
elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna
aliquam erat volutpat.
            </div>
        </div>

    </body>

Test page where you can see this not working:
http://www.2MinuteExplainer.com/test.html

(everything goes to pieces when you click the new tab)

thx,

Bruce

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