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+// The "tab widgets" to handle.
+var tabs = $('div[id^=tabbedContent]');
+
+// Ugly patch for a change in the behavior of jQuery UI:
+// Before jQuery UI 1.9, tabs were always considered as "local" (opposed to Ajax)
+// when their href was beginning by #. Starting with 1.9, a <base> tag in the page
+// is taken into account and causes "local" tabs to be considered as Ajax
+// unless their URL is equal to the URL of the page...
+if ($('base').length > 0) {
+    $('div[id^=tabbedContent] > ul > li > a').each(function () {
+        var sHash = location.hash;
+        var sCleanLocation = location.href.toString().replace(sHash, '').replace(/#$/, '');
+        $(this).attr("href", sCleanLocation + $(this).attr("href"));
+    });
+}
+if ($.bbq) {
+    // This selector will be reused when selecting actual tab widget A elements.
+    var tab_a_selector = 'ul.ui-tabs-nav a';
+
+    // Enable tabs on all tab widgets. The `event` property must be overridden so
+    // that the tabs aren't changed on click, and any custom event name can be
+    // specified. Note that if you define a callback for the 'select' event, it
+    // will be executed for the selected tab whenever the hash changes.
+    tabs.tabs({event: 'change'});
+
+    // Define our own click handler for the tabs, overriding the default.
+    tabs.find(tab_a_selector).click(function () {
+        var state = {};
+
+        // Get the id of this tab widget.
+        var id = $(this).closest('div[id^=tabbedContent]').attr('id');
+
+        // Get the index of this tab.
+        var idx = $(this).parent().prevAll().length;
+
+        // Set the state!
+        state[id] = idx;
+        $.bbq.pushState(state);
+    });
+} else {
+    tabs.tabs();
+}