JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css">
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<input type="button" value="button1" id="button1" /><br />
<input type="button" value="button2" id="button2" /><br />
<input type="button" value="button3" id="button3" />
<div id="tabs">
<ul>
<li><a href="#tabs-1">Nunc tincidunt</a></li>
<li><a href="#tabs-2">Proin dolor</a></li>
<li><a href="#tabs-3">Aenean lacinia</a></li>
</ul>
<div id="tabs-1">
Proin elit arcu, rutrum commodo, vehicula tempus, commodo a,
</div>
<div id="tabs-2">
Morbi tincidunt, dui sit amet facilisis feugiat, odio metus
</div>
<div id="tabs-3">
Mauris eleifend est et turpis. Duis id erat. Suspendisse potenti.
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
CSS
#tabs .ui-widget { border:none; padding:0px; margin:0px; }
#tabs .ui-widget-header { border:none; display:none; padding:0px; margin:0px; }
#tabs .ui-widget-content { border:none; padding:0px; margin:0px; }
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function() {
$( "#tabs" ).tabs();
$("#button1").click(function() {
$("#tabs").tabs( "select" , 0 );
});
$("#button2").click(function() {
$("#tabs").tabs( "select" , 1 );
});
$("#button3").click(function() {
$("#tabs").tabs( "select" , 2 );
});
});