select

Fires when tab is selected.

Event Data

e.item jQuery

The selected tab

Example - prevent tab selection

<div id="foo" data-role="view">
  <div data-role="footer">
    <div data-role="tabstrip" data-select="onSelect">
      <a data-icon="contacts">foo</a>
      <a data-icon="contacts">bar</a>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

<script>
var app = new kendo.mobile.Application();
function onSelect(e) {
  e.preventDefault(); //prevent the tab selection
}
</script>