get the current tab in jQuery UI tabs

Question

I am using jQuery UI Tabs inside of the jQuery UI dialog window.

I\'ve come across an instance, where I need to find the id of the current tab when clicking on one o

Answer 1

Asume that ui tabs container's id is tab-container. Working snippet is

$('#tab-container').find('>div:nth-of-type(' + ($('#tab-container').tabs("option", "active") + 1) + ')'); 

Tested with jQuery UI v1.11.2, jQuery v1.11.3 and Chrome 45.