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HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.ui/1.10.4/themes/sunny/jquery-ui.css">
<div id="tabs" class="tabs-bottom">
<ul>
<li><a href="#tabs1-1">tabs link</a></li>
<li><a href="#tabs1-2">tabs link</a></li>
</ul>
<div class="tabs-spacer"></div>
<div id="tabs1-1">
<p>Paragraph</p>
</div>
<div id="tabs1-2">
<p>Paragraph</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="tabs2" class="tabs-bottom">
<ul>
<li><a href="#tabs2-3">tabs2 link</a></li>
<li><a href="#tabs2-4">tabs2 link</a></li>
</ul>
<div class="tabs-spacer"></div>
<div id="tabs2-3">
<p>Tabs 2 Paragraph</p>
</div>
<div id="tabs2-4">
<p>Tabs 2 Paragraph</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="tabs3" class="tabs-bottom">
<ul>
<li><a href="#tabs3-5">tabs3 link</a></li>
<li><a href="#tabs3-6">tabs3 link</a></li>
</ul>
<div class="tabs-spacer"></div>
<div id="tabs3-5">
<p>Tabs 3 Paragraph</p>
</div>
<div id="tabs3-6">
<p>Tabs 3 Paragraph</p>
</div>
</div>
CSS
.tabs-spacer { float: left; height: 200px; }
.tabs-bottom .ui-tabs-nav { clear: left; padding: 0 .2em .2em .2em; }
.tabs-bottom .ui-tabs-nav li { top: auto; bottom: 0; margin: 0 .2em 1px 0; border-bottom: auto; border-top: 0; }
.tabs-bottom .ui-tabs-nav li.ui-tabs-active { margin-top: -1px; padding-top: 1px; }
JavaScript
$(function() {
$("#tabs,#tabs2,#tabs3").tabs();
// fix the classes
$( ".tabs-bottom .ui-tabs-nav, .tabs-bottom .ui-tabs-nav > *" )
.removeClass( "ui-corner-all ui-corner-top" )
.addClass( "ui-corner-bottom" );
// move the nav to the bottom
$( ".tabs-bottom .ui-tabs-nav" ).appendTo( ".tabs-bottom" );
});