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Tabs written in pure javascript and CSS
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<style>
body { font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; }
ul#tabs { list-style-type: none; margin: 30px 0 0 0; padding: 0 0 0.3em 0; }
ul#tabs li { display: inline; }
ul#tabs li a { color: #42454a; background-color: #dedbde; border: 1px solid #c9c3ba; border-bottom: none; padding: 0.3em; text-decoration: none; }
ul#tabs li a:hover { background-color: #f1f0ee; }
ul#tabs li a.selected { color: #000; background-color: #f1f0ee; font-weight: bold; padding: 0.7em 0.3em 0.38em 0.3em; }
div.tabContent { border: 1px solid #c9c3ba; padding: 0.5em; background-color: #f1f0ee; }
div.tabContent.hide { display: none; }
</style>
</head>
<body onload="init()">
<ul id="tabs">
<li><a href="#tab1">Tab 1</a></li>
<li><a href="#tab2">Tab 2</a></li>
</ul>
<div class="tabContent" id="tab1">
<h2>Tab 1</h2>
<div>
<p>This is tab 1</p>
<p>The code is written in such a way that the page degrades gracefully in browsers that don't support JavaScript or CSS.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="tabContent" id="tab2">
<h2>Tab 2</h2>
<div>
<p>This is tab 2</p>
<p>The code is written in such a way that the page degrades gracefully in browsers that don't support JavaScript or CSS.</p>
</div>
</div>
<script>
var tabLinks = new Array();
var contentDivs = new Array();
function init() {
// Grab the tab links and content divs from the page
var tabListItems = document.getElementById('tabs').childNodes;
for ( var i = 0; i < tabListItems.length; i++ ) {
if ( tabListItems[i].nodeName == "LI" ) {
var tabLink = getFirstChildWithTagName( tabListItems[i], 'A' );
var id = getHash( tabLink.getAttribute('href') );
tabLinks[id] = tabLink;
contentDivs[id] = document.getElementById( id );
}
}
// Assign onclick events to the tab links, and
// highlight the first tab
var i = 0;
for ( var id in tabLinks ) {
tabLinks[id].onclick = showTab;
tabLinks[id].onfocus = function() { this.blur() };
if ( i == 0 ) tabLinks[id].className = 'selected';
i++;
}
// Hide all content divs except the first
var i = 0;
for ( var id in contentDivs ) {
if ( i != 0 ) contentDivs[id].className = 'tabContent hide';
i++;
}
}
function showTab() {
var selectedId = getHash( this.getAttribute('href') );
// Highlight the selected tab, and dim all others.
// Also show the selected content div, and hide all others.
for ( var id in contentDivs ) {
if ( id == selectedId ) {
tabLinks[id].className = 'selected';
contentDivs[id].className = 'tabContent';
} else {
tabLinks[id].className = '';
contentDivs[id].className = 'tabContent hide';
}
}
// Stop the browser following the link
return false;
}
function getFirstChildWithTagName( element, tagName ) {
for ( var i = 0; i < element.childNodes.length; i++ ) {
if ( element.childNodes[i].nodeName == tagName ) return element.childNodes[i];
}
}
function getHash( url ) {
var hashPos = url.lastIndexOf ( '#' );
return url.substring( hashPos + 1 );
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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Hi, I'm getting this error: (index):188 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'lastIndexOf' of null

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