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HTML

<div id="tabs" class="content-wrapper">
    <ul>
        <li><a href="#tab-Books">Books</a></li>
        <li><a href="#tab-Movies">Movies</a></li>
        <li><a href="#tab-Music">Music</a></li>
    </ul>
    <div id="tab-Books">
        <select id="bookDropDown">
            <option value="Pulitzer">Pulitzer</option>
            <option value="NBCC">National Book Critics Circle</option>
            <option value="NBA">National Book Awards</option>
            <option value="NOBA">Nation Outdoors Book Awards</option>
        </select>
        <div id="BooksContent" class="clearfix">Content in Books tab sheet</div>
    </div>
    <div id="tab-Movies">
        <select id="moviesDropDown">
            <option value="Oscars">Academy Awards/Oscars</option>
            <option value="GoldenGlobe">Golden Globe</option>
            <option value="Cannes">Cannes Film Festival</option>
            <option value="Sundance">Sundance</option>
        </select>
        <div id="MoviesContent" class="clearfix">Content in Movies tab</div>
    </div>
    <div id="tab-Music">
        <select id="musicDropDown">
            <option value="Grammies">Grammies</option>
            <option value="AMA">American Music Awards</option>
            <option value="CMA">Country Music Awards</option>
            <option value="Indies">Indies</option>
        </select>
        <div id="MusicContent" class="clearfix">Content in Music tab</div>
    </div>
</div>
<button class="btn btn-primary alertBtn" type="button">Alert</button>

JavaScript

$(".submitBtn").click(function(e) {
    $('#tabs').tabs({
        beforeActivate: function (event, ui) {
            var $activeTab = $('#tabs').tabs('option', 'active');
            alert($activeTab);
            alert(ui.newTab);
        }
    });
});