deactivateTab
Deactivates a tab specified as a selector. Note: Invoking this method will not trigger any events.
Example
<div id="tabstrip">
<ul>
<li id="tab1" class="k-active">Tab 1</li>
<li>Tab 2</li>
</ul>
<div>Content 1</div>
<div>Content 2</div>
</div>
<script>
var tabstrip = $("#tabstrip").kendoTabStrip().data("kendoTabStrip");
var tabToDeactivate = $("#tab1");
tabstrip.deactivateTab(tabToDeactivate);
</script>
Parameters
item jQuery
The target tab, specified as a selector, to be deactivated.