jQuery tabs - getting newly selected index
I would take a look at the events for Tabs. The following is taken from the jQuery docs:
$('.ui-tabs-nav').bind('tabsselect', function(event, ui) { ui.options // options used to intialize this widget ui.tab // anchor element of the selected (clicked) tab ui.panel // element, that contains the contents of the selected (clicked) tab ui.index // zero-based index of the selected (clicked) tab });Looks like ui.tab is the way to go.
in jQuery UI - v1.9.2
ui.newTab.index()to get a base 0 index of active tab
select: function(e, ui){var index=ui.index;}works well for me. see: http://api.jqueryui.com/tabs/#events