JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<script src="http://underscorejs.org/underscore-min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/assets/css/bootstrap.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/assets/css/bootstrap-responsive.css">
<div class="container-fluid">
<div class="row-fluid">
<!-- MARKUP GOES HERE -->
<div id="tab-carousel" class="tabbable"> <!-- Only required for left/right tabs -->
<ul class="nav nav-tabs">
<li class="active"><a href="#tab1" data-toggle="tab">Section 1</a></li>
<li><a href="#tab2" data-toggle="tab">Section 2</a></li>
<li><a href="#tab3" data-toggle="tab">Section 3</a></li>
</ul>
<div class="tab-content">
<div class="tab-pane active" id="tab1">
<p>I'm in Section 1.</p>
</div>
<div class="tab-pane" id="tab2">
<p>Howdy, I'm in Section 2.</p>
</div>
<div class="tab-pane" id="tab3">
<p>This is Section 3.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<!-- END MARKUP -->
</div>
</div>
<!-- http://html-ipsum.com/ for sample markup -->
CSS
body { margin-top: 20px; }
JavaScript
$(function() {
var tabCarousel = setInterval(function() {
var tabs = $('#tab-carousel .nav-tabs > li'),
active = tabs.filter('.active'),
next = active.next('li'),
toClick = next.length ? next.find('a') : tabs.eq(0).find('a');
toClick.trigger('click');
}, 1000);
});