JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<ul>
<li><a href="#tabs-1">Downloads</a></li>
<li><a id="fancy_tab" href="http://www.youtube.com"><img src="../../pics/youtube_logo.png" width="49" height="20" alt=""/></a></li>
</ul>
JavaScript
$('#tabs').tabs();
$('#dialog_link, ul#icons li').hover(function() {
$(this).addClass('ui-state-hover');
$(this).removeClass('ui-state-hover');
});
$('#fancy_tab').click(function(e){
e.preventDefault();
window.open("http://youtube.com");//hardcoded link but you could pull this from the tab
//VVVV----USE BELOW CODE ON YOUR SITE instead of window.open
//window.location = "http://youtube.com";
});