button to open specific accordion tab

Question

i'm trying to create a button or link that opens a specific accordion tab, here is my accordion structure:

  <div class="tabs">
  <div class="tabs-header">
  <div class="border"></div>

  <ul>
  <li class="active"><a href="#tab-1" tab-id="1">Home</a></li>

  LINK HERE to open Tab 2
  LINK HERE to open Tab 3


  <li><a href="#tab-2" tab-id="2">Symptom Checker</a></li>


  <li><a href="#tab-3" tab-id="3">Locator</a></li>
  </ul>

  </div>
  <div class="tabs-content">
  <div tab-id="1" class="tab active"></div>
  <div tab-id="2" class="tab"></div>
  <div tab-id="3" class="tab"></div>
  </div>

I'm guessing there will be a onclick event I can apply to a button? i've tried:

 <a href="#tab-2" tab-id="2">Symptom Checker </a> 

but nothing happens other than updating the URL

Answer 1

you can use

$('your_button').on('click',function(){ $( "#accordion" ).accordion( "option", "active", 1 ); });

for tab2 and

$('your_button').on('click',$( "#accordion" ).accordion( "option", "active", 2 );})

for tab3

or you can use onclick property

<a onclick="$( '#accordion' ).accordion( 'option', 'active', 1 )">Click here for tab2</a>

See a working demo here.

source http://api.jqueryui.com/accordion/#option-active