<slapping forehead> Doh! Thanks Klaus -- YOU ROCK!
I applied your suggestion and it worked. Thanks again for the awesome plug-ins. By the way, I submitted a comment into your blog with suggestions for tabs v.3. Matthew On Jul 25, 1:30 pm, Klaus Hartl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, having some small troubles with the tabs plug-in from Klaus Hartl > > (http://www.stilbuero.de/jquery/tabs/). > > > I'm trying to implement his cookies plug-in (see code below) and can't > > seem to get the tabs to change to the defined tab using the method > > "Start With Custom Tab" [code example: $('#container-1).tabs(2);]. > > > As you can see in the code below, I'm trying to start with a custom > > tab defined by "$.cookie(TABS_COOKIE)||1". This should look up the > > cookie and set the value if any, if not, the default is 1. > > > The cookie plug-in is working because I can view the cookie through my > > browser, any ideas? > > > --CODE-- > > > // create variable for cookie > > var TABS_COOKIE = 'tabs_cookie'; > > > // create tabs, add effects, check for cookie and set to correct tab > > $("#container-1").tabs($.cookie(TABS_COOKIE)||1,{ > > onClick: function(clicked){ > > var lastTab = $ > > (clicked).parents("ul").find("li").index(clicked.parentNode) + 1; > > $.cookie(TABS_COOKIE, lastTab);}, > > fxSlide: true, > > fxFade: true, > > fxSpeed: "normal" > > }); > > > --END CODE-- > > I think the problem is that $.cookie returns a string, but tabs() > requires a number for the initial tab. Try: > > $("#container-1").tabs(parseInt($.cookie(TABS_COOKIE)) || 1, { > ... > > }); > > --Klaus
