Preventing scroll when using URI hash to identify tab

Question

I\'m using JQuery UI to make tabs in my application. I needed the tabs to be linkable (direct link that opens the page and selects the correct tab). This is done by using a

Answer 1

This simple method worked for me:

/* Prevent scroll to tab on click */
$(document).ready(function(){
  $("a.ui-tabs-anchor").click(function(e){
      e.preventDefault();
      return false;
  });
});