I've been playing around with some ideas I've been searching for, and I came across this: http://jsfiddle.net/RcrCJ/
original html
<div id="container">
<div id="content">
<ul id="info-nav">
<li><a href="#equipment_details"><span>Tab1</span></a></li>
<li><a href="#job_costs"><span>Tab2</span></a></li>
</ul>
<div id="info">
<form action="inex.html" method="post" id="form1" name="form1" class="formfields">
<div id="equipment_details" class="hide">
<table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2" id="tbl_equipment_details" width="100%">
<tr>
<td width="23%" class="txt-right">XXXX</td>
<td width="31%"><input type="text" name="" id="qw" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="txt-right">XXX</td>
<td><input type="checkbox" id="" value="1" name="" checked=""></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="txt-right">XXX XXX</td>
<td><input type="text" value="" name="" id="we" /></td>
</tr>
</table>
<!--tbl_equipment_details closed-->
</div><!--div equipment_details closed-->
<!--<div id="specifications" class="hide">-->
<div id="job_costs" class="hide">
<table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2" width="100%" id="tbl_specifications">
<tr>
<td width="18%" class="txt-right">Notes</td>
<td colspan="2" valign="top">
<textarea rows="3" id="description" cols="60" name=""></textarea> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="txt-right">XXX</td>
<td width="39%">
<select name="purchased_from">
<option selected></option>
<option value="xxx">xxx1</option>
<option value="xxx">xxx2</option>
</select> </td>
<td class="txt-right"> </td>
</tr>
</table>
<!--</div>
<div id="job_costs" class="hide">-->
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td align="center"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">
<div>
<input value="Cancel" name="qq" type="button">
<input value="Save Changes" name="ww" type="submit">
</div> </td>
</tr>
</table>
</div><!--div feedback closed-->
</form>
</div><!--div info closed-->
</div><!--div content closed-->
</div><!--div container closed-->
original javascript
$(document).ready(function(){
$( '#info #job_costs' ).hide();
$('#info-nav li').click(function(e) {
$('#info .hide').hide();
$('#info-nav .current').removeClass("current");
$(this).addClass('current');
var clicked = $(this).find('a:first').attr('href');
$('#info ' + clicked).fadeIn('fast');
e.preventDefault();
}).eq(0).addClass('current');
});
It was almost exactly what I was looking to do, but I wanted more tabs. I started playing around with it, but for some reason that I can't seem to understand, when I add a third or fourth etc. tab and I run it, it will display all of the tabs until you click on one of them, then it appears normal. I figured it was something silly, but I must have played around with this for hours now and I'm still no further ahead than when I started.
I'm no pro, but I'm usually pretty good at trial / error. This is what I hacked together in an attempt to make 3 tabs: http://jsfiddle.net/cwaddilove/0Lo7jnoj/
modified html
<div id="container">
<div id="content">
<ul id="info-nav">
<li><a href="#equipment_details"><span>Tab1</span></a></li>
<li><a href="#job_costs"><span>Tab2</span></a></li>
<li><a href="#job_assignment"><span>Tab3</span></a></li>
</ul>
<div id="info">
<form action="inex.html" method="post" id="form1" name="form1" class="formfields">
<div id="equipment_details" class="hide">
<table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2" id="tbl_equipment_details" width="100%">
<tr>
<td width="23%" class="txt-right">XXXX</td>
<td width="31%"><input type="text" name="" id="qw" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="txt-right">XXX</td>
<td><input type="checkbox" id="" value="1" name="" checked=""></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="txt-right">XXX XXX</td>
<td><input type="text" value="" name="" id="we" /></td>
</tr>
</table>
<!--tbl_equipment_details closed-->
</div><!--div equipment_details closed-->
<!--<div id="specifications" class="hide">-->
<div id="job_costs" class="hide">
<table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2" width="100%" id="tbl_specifications">
<tr>
<td width="18%" class="txt-right">Notes</td>
<td colspan="2" valign="top">
<textarea rows="3" id="description" cols="60" name=""></textarea> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="txt-right">XXX</td>
<td width="39%">
<select name="purchased_from">
<option selected></option>
<option value="xxx">xxx1</option>
<option value="xxx">xxx2</option>
</select> </td>
<td class="txt-right"> </td>
</tr>
</table>
<!--</div>
<div id="job_costs" class="hide">-->
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td align="center"> </td>
</tr>
</table>
</div><!--div feedback closed-->
<div id="job_assignment" class="hide">
<table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2" width="100%" id="tbl_assignment">
<tr>
<td width="18%" class="txt-right">Notes</td>
<td colspan="2" valign="top">
<textarea rows="3" id="assignment" cols="60" name=""></textarea> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="txt-right">XXX</td>
<td width="39%">
<select name="sold_to">
<option selected></option>
<option value="xxx">xxx1</option>
<option value="xxx">xxx2</option>
</select> </td>
<td class="txt-right"> </td>
</tr>
</table>
<!--</div>
<div id="job_costs" class="hide">-->
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td align="center"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">
<div>
<input value="Cancel" name="qq" type="button">
<input value="Save Changes" name="ww" type="submit">
</div> </td>
</tr>
</table>
</div><!--div feedback closed-->
</form>
</div><!--div info closed-->
</div><!--div content closed-->
</div><!--div container closed-->
modified javascript
$(document).ready(function(){
$( '#info #job_costs #job_assignment' ).hide();
$('#info-nav li').click(function(e) {
$('#info .hide').hide();
$('#info-nav .current').removeClass("current");
$(this).addClass('current');
var clicked = $(this).find('a:first').attr('href');
$('#info ' + clicked).fadeIn('fast');
e.preventDefault();
}).eq(0).addClass('current');
});
I'm hoping someone will be able to see what I've done wrong and can help point me in the right direction.
Thanks in advanced!
