Why don't you put the desired label in the first place? $('#tabs').tabs('add', '#new', 'Label');
Other than that you could utilize the add callback: $('#tabs').tabs({ add: function(event, ui) { // add additional html to the tab $('span', ui.tab).html(...); } }); Or you can change the tabTemplate option and add that html there... --Klaus On 20 Feb., 06:01, Paul Georges <sinst...@gmail.com> wrote: > hey guys and gals, > > http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Tabs > > followed the above docs but couldn't quite add tabs correctly yet. i > can add a tab, yes, but then i can't change it's label or innerHTML. > how can i do this? > > cheers! > > Paul!