Hello Dimitar,
That is close to what I wanted and I was able to tweak it to get the full behavior that I needed in IE 9 and Chrome. I am using v2.8.0.
Several issues that I found though.
1. I am getting an error unless I comment out the reference to jqxgrid.pager.js. It looks like it is not need for tabs anyway.
2. If I check either box (Enable Select Animation or Enable Content Animation), it no longer works until I refresh the page. This does not affect my needs, more for your information.
3. There is an issue for my needs. It does not work in Firefox as I get the same behavior as when I check one of the enable boxes (only puts a border around the tab text).
Thanks,
Craig