Juqery ui tabs with id of tab saved in textbox

by Rahul Gupta

HTML

<script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.3/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.3/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css">
Currently active tab: <input type="text" id="active_tab">
<div id="tabs">
<ul>
<li><a href="#tabs-1" id="1">Tab 1</a></li>
<li><a href="#tabs-2" id="2">Tab 2</a></li>
<li><a href="#tabs-3" id="3">Tab 3</a></li>
</ul>
<div id="tabs-1">
<p>Tab 1 content</p>
</div>
<div id="tabs-2">
<p>Tab 2 content</p>
</div>
<div id="tabs-3">
<p>Tab 3 content</p>
</div>
</div>

JavaScript

$(function() {
     $( "#tabs" ).tabs({
         active: 2,
         activate: function( event, ui ) {
             var active = $( ".selector" ).tabs( "option", "active" );
             console.log(active);
             $('#active_tab').val(active.context.activeElement.id);
         }
     });
     
});