I have the following markup inside a master page
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title><asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="TitleContent" runat="server" /></title>
<link href="../../Content/jquery-ui-1.8.4.custom.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script src="../../Scripts/jquery-1.4.1.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="../../Scripts/JQueryUI.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<div id="tabs">
<ul>
<li><%=Html.TabLink("Home","Index","Home")%></li>
<li><%=Html.TabLink("Posts","Index","Posts") %></li>
<li><%=Html.TabLink("About", "Index", "About") %></li>
</ul>
</div>
<asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="MainContent" runat="server">
</asp:ContentPlaceHolder>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
$("#tabs").tabs();
});
</script>
</div>
</body>
</html>
The TabLink is an extension method which renders the following markup:
<ul>
<li><a href="/Home/Index"><span>Home</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/Posts/Index"><span>Posts</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/About/Index"><span>About</span></a></li>
</ul>
Each partial view (eg _index.aspx) has this markup:
<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="TitleContent" runat="server">
Index
</asp:Content>
<asp:Content ID="Content2" ContentPlaceHolderID="MainContent" runat="server">
<div id="tabs-1"> Hello from tab1
</div>
</asp:Content>
jQuery tab loads each view asynchronously, however it also downloads the javascripts and css files every time a tab is clicked. And also it left the link markup there as well(meaning together w/ the jquerified tab), and doesn’t work at all in IE8 and inconsistent with firefox and chrome.
Anything I missed or suggestion would be greatly appreciated.
You should use partial views, but it seems you use regular views with master page.
Partial view will look like this