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Using jQuery UI tabs and jQuery UI selectmenu

I have two tabs and inside each of them I want to have some forms. I'm adding selectmenu, as well from jQuery UI inside each tab. The problem is that the select menu on the second tab won't show. I believe this has someting to do with how the tabs are loaded but I'm not quite sure how to solve it.

Here's the html code and a fiddle http://jsfiddle.net/us8xbyyo/

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>jQuery UI tabs</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="./jQuery/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="./jQuery/external/jquery/jquery.js"></script>
<script src="./jQuery/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<script>
$(function() {
    $( "#tabs" ).tabs();
    $( ".mySelect" ).selectmenu();
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="tabs">
    <ul>
        <li><a href="#tabs-1">Company</a></li>
        <li><a href="#tabs-2">Depto</a></li>
    </ul>
    <div id="tabs-2">
        <label for="company">Company </label>
        <select class="mySelect" id ="company">
            <option value="-1">Chose a company</option>
            <option value="1">Company 1</option>
            <option value="2">Company 2</option>
            <option value="3">Company 3</option>
        </select>   
    </div>
    <div id="tabs-1">
        <label for="depto">Depto</label>
        <select class="mySelect" id="depto" name="depto">
            <option value="-1">Chose a dpto</option>
            <option value="1">Dpto 1 </option>
            <option value="2">Dpto 2</option>
            <option value="3">Dpto 3</option>
        </select>   
    </div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Thanks a lot

Solution

  • It seems that you could fix this problem by checking where your id name is for each drop-down div.

    Your first div has the id="tabs-2" where it should be id="tabs-1". Your second div has the id="tabs-1" where it should be id="tabs-2".

    This way your links will now link to the correct div.

    Secondly, I believe since you have the tags already there in the HTML, it will automatically render as a dropdown with your options labeled in correspondence with whats between the tabs. Therefore, the jQuery for the .selectmenu is not needed, as well as the class name.

    <body>
<div id="tabs">
<ul>
    <li><a href="#tabs-1">Company</a></li>
    <li><a href="#tabs-2">Depto</a></li>
</ul>
<div id="tabs-1">
    <label for="company">Company </label>
    <select id="company">
        <option value="-1">Chose a company</option>
        <option value="1">Company 1</option>
        <option value="2">Company 2</option>
        <option value="3">Company 3</option>
    </select>   
</div>
<div id="tabs-2">
    <label for="depto">Depto</label>
    <select id="depto">
        <option value="-1">Chose a depto</option>
        <option value="1">Dpto 1 </option>
        <option value="2">Dpto 2</option>
        <option value="3">Dpto 3</option>
    </select>   
</div>


    $(function() {
$( "#tabs" ).tabs();
});

    This code seems to work.