jQM 1.4 set active tab
by Erik Zanker
HTML
<div data-role="page" id="page1">
<div data-role="header" data-position="fixed" data-tap-toggle="false">
<h1>My page</h1>
</div>
<div role="main" class="ui-content">
<div data-role="tabs" id="tabs">
<div data-role="navbar">
<ul>
<li><a href="#one" id="tabId1" data-ajax="false">one</a></li>
<li><a href="#two" data-ajax="false">two</a></li>
<li><a href="ajax-content.html" data-ajax="false">three</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="one" class="ui-body-d ui-content">
<h1>First tab contents</h1>
</div>
<div id="two">
<ul data-role="listview" data-inset="true">
<li><a href="#">Acura</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Audi</a></li>
<li><a href="#">BMW</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Cadillac</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Ferrari</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div data-role="footer" data-position="fixed" data-tap-toggle="false">
<h1>My page footer</h1>
</div>
</div>
JavaScript
$(document).on("pagecreate", "#page1", function(){
$( "#tabs" ).tabs("option", "active", 1);
});