Try: $('#example').tabs({ add: function(ui) { ui.tab.title = "foo"; } });
--Klaus On Apr 5, 1:17 am, rolfsf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do I set the title attribute of the anchor element of a newly > created tab? > > In one case, I'm generating the tab label (tab name) and panel ID from > the title attribute of my triggering element (an anchor tab for > simplicity), but I'm truncating tab labels longer than 25 characters. > I want the full (long) label to be available to the user via hover. > Hence, I want to set the title attribute as I'm generating the new > tab... but I don't quite understand how I do that > > my basic function is > > $('#wrapper > ul.tabs-nav').tabs('add', tabID, tabName); > > tabID and tabName are the results of some truncating and cleaning > > var fullName is a variable that holds the full text I'd like to use as > a title attribute > > any help is much appreciated > > rolfsf