jQuery UI tabs. How to select a tab based on its id not based on index

Question

I have two tabs and configured usign jQuery UI.

ul  class=\"tabs\"
  li  tabone
  li tabtwo
ul

dynamically from C# code behind I will hide

Answer 1

As per UI Doc :

1. First get index of tab which you want to activate.

   var index = $('#tabs a[href="'+id+'"]').parent().index();
   

2. Activate it

   tabs.tabs( "option", "active", index );