Question

I am trying to set up a content area where there are 3 button choices. Based upon the button the user chooses, different content will slide into place. Depending upon which section they are under (which button was selected) the button will be a different color – white instead of orange.

Here is a link to the general idea of what I am trying to accomplish.
Your help is appreciated.

http://jsbin.com/epibab/2/edit

Answer 1

jsBin demo

HTML: removed all relevant IDs :

<div id="hopperContentNav_ctr">
    <ul class="hopperTabs">
        <li><a href="#" class="active tab-1" >RECORD, WATCH, STORE&mdash;<br />IN ANY ROOM!</a></li>
        <li><a href="#" class="tab-2" >COMMERCIAL-FREE TV<br />IN PRIMETIME!</a></li>
        <li><a href="#" class="tab-3" >MOVIE MADNESS&mdash;<br />ANYTIME, ANYWHERE!</a></li>
    </ul>
</div>

And instead ID I added classes page:

<div class="page">
    <p class="wholeHomeHead">Whole-Home-DVR</p>
            ........
</div>

jQuery:

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('.page:gt(0)').hide(); // hide all pages but first one using :gt() selector

    $('.hopperTabs li').click(function(e){
        e.preventDefault();
        var thisInd = $(this).index();
        $('.page').stop().fadeTo(300,0,function(){
            $(this).hide();
            $('.page').eq(thisInd).stop().fadeTo(600,1);
        });             
    });
});

Sorry for not using the hide() and show() with slide… I’ll leave it to you. I had some issues and not used to use this jQuery UI.