Ok, for closure here, I got the rest of it. After using activate to
open the section as above, I found I can use the ScrollTo plugin to
scroll to the element I want. Usage for me is like: $
(document.getElementById('anchor2_17').parentNode).scrollTo
( document.getElementById('anchor2_17'));Now to implement it "for real"... On Dec 17, 10:37 am, TC <tc_online2...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Ah, the index is for the sections -- somehow I thought I'd be able to > specify the *item* and have the accordion find it. Other questions now > arise but lemme try to work through them... Thanks. > > On Dec 16, 4:14 pm, "Richard D. Worth" <rdwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Seehttp://docs.jquery.com/UI/Accordion#method-activate > > " > > Signature: .accordion( 'activate' , index ) > > Activate a content part of the Accordion programmatically. The index can be > > a zero-indexed number to match the position of the header to close or a > > Selector matching an element. > > " > > > This method currently does not accept a selector, only a numeric index. > > Since you want the 2nd section open, and it's zero-based: > > > $('#accordion').accordion('activate', 1 ); > > > Alternatively, you could initialize the accordion with this section active: > > > $("#accordion").accordion({ > > active: 1, > > collapsible: true > > > }); > > > It seems this option accepts more types than the method, including > > selectors. Seehttp://docs.jquery.com/UI/Accordion#option-active > > > - Richard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery UI" group. To post to this group, send email to jquery...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to jquery-ui+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-ui?hl=en.
