Thanks Rob! I reread the docs and got it work using the following:
$("#cssmizer") // initialize CSSmizer .cssmizer(settings) // setup modal .jqm({ trigger: "#cssmizer-launch", overlay:0, // because tabs are being shown in a jqModal window which is hidden by default // we can only show the tabs *after* the window is shown // otherwise we get oddities across browsers onShow: function(hash) { // we show the window using a speed of 1 to be as instaneous as possible // and for the tabs to render as fast as possible to avoid flickering hash.w.show(1, function() { $ ("#container").tabs(); }); } }) .jqDrag('h3.title'); Now if I could just figure out why the body of the window disappears if you drag it around in IE... gotta be a CSS issue, hmm....