如何通过jQuery选择活动选项卡选择选项卡内容在ul元素之外的位置？

Question

After page load I want to programmatically set the active tab...in the example below I want to set tab with English as active.

I tried:

$('#languagetabs').tabs('select', 1);

and

$('.edittabs').tabs('select', 1);

But that did not work, as in nothing happens: no error, and the 1st tab remains active.

<div class="edittabs">
    <ul id="languagetabs">
        <li><a href="#language-spanish">Spanish</a></li>
        <li><a href="#language-english">English</a></li>
    </ul>
    <div id="language-spanish">        
        Spanish description
    </div>
    <div id="language-english">
        English description
    </div>
</div>

Answer 1

$('#languagetabs li:eq(1) a').trigger('click');

这将模拟单击的第二个选项卡。

Answer 2

Declare a class active ,

.active{background:#5d5d5d;}

<li><a href="#language-english" class="active">English</a></li>

$('#languagetabs li').click(function() {
  $(this).toggleClass('active');
}); 

hope it will help you..