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

I make a wild assumption that you really have layout as:

<ul  class="tabs">
  <li id="tabone">one</li>
  <li id="tabtwo">two</li>
</ul>

IF that assumption is correct, you simply use the ID to select the "tab"

$('#tabone').css("display","none");

EDIT: select the tab on your layout:

var index = $('.tabs ul').index($('#tabone')); 
$('.tabs ul').tabs('select', index); 

Answer 2

$("#tabs").tabs({active: [0,2], disabled: [3], selected: 2});

Where Selected is used for open Particular Tab or Select Particular Tab on onload.