Specifying the styles for the selected tab in a navbar

Question

I have the following html code

Answer 1

Combine css classes.

HTML:

Home
Second page
Third page

CSS:

.home.ui-btn-active {
    background:red !important;
}
.two.ui-btn-active {
    background:green !important;
}
.three.ui-btn-active {
    background:blue !important;
}

Updated Fiddle:

http://jsfiddle.net/8pwFK/3/