tabStrip.append() not wrapping new tab same as others

[Charles]

I'm adding a new tab dynamically to my kendoTabStrip. This is working fine, but the new tab does not get wrapped in an <a> tag like the tabs which are created from the <li>'s, rather it is wrapped in a <span>. Here is my code:

<div id="tab-strip">

  <ul>

    <li class="k-state-active" id="tab1">Tab 1</li>

    <li id="tab2">Tab 2</li>

  </ul>   

  <div>

    Content 1

  </div>

  <div>

    Content 2

  </div>

</div>

 

 

 

$('#tab-strip').data('kendoTabStrip').append([{

    text: "New Tab",

    content: "my content"

}]);


Is this the expected behavior? Is there a way to specify the wrapper for the tab text?