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ActivateTab

methods

Activates a tab specified as a selector. Note: Invoking this method will not trigger any events.

activateTab

Parameters:itemjQuery

The target tab, specified as a selector, to be activated.

<div id="tabstrip">
    <ul>
        <li id="tab1">Tab 1</li>
        <li>Tab 2</li>
    </ul>
    <div>Content 1</div>
    <div>Content 2</div>
</div>

<script>
    var tabToActivate = $("#tab1");
    $("#tabstrip").kendoTabStrip().data("kendoTabStrip").activateTab(tabToActivate);
</script>