The problem might be that you're selecting too much with your first selector, a common error.
http://docs.jquery.com/UI/API/1.5.3/Tabs#...the_call_to_tabs_tabify_all_li_elements_-_even_those_in_a_panel_-_although_I_did_not_want_to_create_nested_tabs.3F --Klaus On 20 Mrz., 20:03, "randy...@gmail.com" <randy...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have created nested tabs using Tabs 3. Trying to select the second > nested tab by default. Doing this does not work... > > $(document).ready(function() { > $('#container ul').tabs(1); > $('#container-2 ul').tabs(2); > > }) > > The second container is ignored and the first nested tab is selected.