But when i link to one of the tabs externally, the default navigation stops working actually the contents of the tabs are there but hidden.

Example :

http://jsfiddle.net/J6bnL/4/

But if i disable the external links - it of course works fine. 

http://jsfiddle.net/J6bnL/2/

I was playing around with it and I believe the culprit is the function that disables the Keyboard navigation for UI tab.

" > 

activate: function(e, ui) {

        e.currentTarget.blur();

    } < " 

If i disable this, the UI tabs + external links work fine.

But I need this function in the tab - to disable the keyboard.

Is there another way to disable the keyboard without affecting the external links?

Please help me.