can't programmatically select a tab

[Dave]

this is the code I have.. I've tried both 
 

tbs.select(1);

and

  tbs.select(tabStrip.tabGroup.children("li:first"));

.. neither work.

var tbs = $("#mytabs").kendoTabStrip({

                      dataSource: {

                          transport: {

                              read: {

                                  url: "api/data,

                                  dataType: "json"

                              }

                          },

                      },

                   change: function(e) {

                       //some code

                   }

                  }).data("kendoTabStrip");

               tbs.select(1);

[Petur Subev]

Hi Dave,

On my side the selection is working fine. Here is jsbin which demonstrates your approach.

http://jsbin.com/edamuj/208/edit

Kind Regards,
Petur Subev
the Telerik team

[Dave]

Petur ... If I hardcode/pass a bunch of values into the datasource like in your example, it works.  When I use a dynamic datasource, it doesn't. 
this works:

var tbs = $("#mytabs").kendoTabStrip({

                      dataSource: {["2001","2002","2003"]},

                   change: function(e) {

                       //some code

                   }

                  }).data("kendoTabStrip");

               tbs.select(1);

this doesn't 

var tbs = $("#mytabs").kendoTabStrip({

                      dataSource: {

                          transport: {

                              read: {

                                  url: "api/data,

                                  dataType: "json"

                              }

                          },

                      },

                   change: function(e) {

                       //some code

                   }

                  }).data("kendoTabStrip");

               tbs.select(1);

the JSON payload from my service is identical to what I hard coded.  Perhaps I should use the ContentLoad event? If so, how?

[Alexander Valchev]

Hello Dave,

The TabStrip widget does not support a 'real' DataSource component with remote transport. I guess that you got mistaken by this demo but the dataSource in it is a standard JavaScript array.

If you want to load external data, please use the Ajax loading feature (demo).
I hope this will help.

Kind regards,
Alexander Valchev
the Telerik team