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jQuery Tabs, multiple tabs with just ONE panel

I'm working on a custom solution, so I thought I would ask the community if anyone has use jQuery Tabs for this purpose before.
The idea is this: I have one main panel, a form with inputs. There are multiple tabs which basically identify different records. All the records will use this form, thats why I just want to load it once, instead of for each tab.
I put a basic example of the direction I want to go. As you can see there are 3 tabs but only one panel. I want to dynamically load content into the_input depending on which tab I click. SO i don't even want to switch the panel, just the selected tab on each click.
I was thinking I need to catch the beforeActivate (http://api.jqueryui.com/tabs/#event-beforeActivate) event, identify which tab was selected, and dynamically alter the 1 visual panel accordingly.
The code isn't really working
jQuery(function($){
$("#tabs").tabs({
beforeActivate(event, ui) {
$('#msg').append('<p>'+ui.newPanel+'</p>');
//I figure what I want to do here is catch the ID of the selected tab, and use that to dynamically load content to the tab.
}
});
function fill_input(selector){
if ( selector == 1 ) {
$('#the_input').val(1);
}else if ( selector == 2 ) {
$('#the_input').val(2);
}else{
$('#the_input').val();
}
}
})
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.2.1.js"></script>
<link href="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.0/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.0/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<div id="tabs">
<ul>
<li>New</li>
<li>record 1</li>
<li>record 2</li>
</ul>
<div id="bol_new">
<form>
<input id="the_input">
</form>
</div>
</div>
<div id="msg">
</div>

You could set the href for each hyperlink to bol_new as under
<ul>
<li>New</li>
<li>record 1</li>
<li>record 2</li>
</ul>
This will set the panel for each tab to the same div with id="bol_new"
Test: https://plnkr.co/edit/EGtCnmNr0c28AaT647SP?p=preview

I would advise just mocking up the tabs with CSS. You can then manipulate the form as needed.
Working example: https://jsfiddle.net/Twisty/j63uvk4q/
HTML
<div id="tabs" class="ui-tabs ui-corner-all ui-widget ui-widget-content">
<ul class="ui-tabs-nav ui-corner-all ui-helper-reset ui-helper-clearfix ui-widget-header">
<li class="ui-tabs-tab ui-corner-top ui-state-default ui-tab ui-tabs-active ui-state-active">
New
</li>
<li class="ui-tabs-tab ui-corner-top ui-state-default ui-tab">
Record 1
</li>
<li class="ui-tabs-tab ui-corner-top ui-state-default ui-tab">
Record 2
</li>
</ul>
<div id="bol_new" class="ui-tabs-panel ui-corner-bottom ui-widget-content">
<form>
Record:
<input id="the_input">
</form>
</div>
</div>
<div id="msg">
</div>
JavaScript
var myData = {
records: {
bol_1: "Homer Simpson",
bol_2: "Marge Simpson"
}
}
$(function() {
$("#tabs .ui-tabs-nav li").click(function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
$("#tabs li.ui-state-active").toggleClass("ui-tabs-active ui-state-active");
$(e.target).parent().addClass("ui-tabs-active ui-state-active");
var id = $(e.target).attr("href").substring(1);
$("#the_input").val(myData.records[id]);
});
$("#tabs .ui-tabs-nav .ui-tabs-tab").hover(function(e) {
$(this).toggleClass("ui-state-hover");
}, function(e) {
$(this).toggleClass("ui-state-hover");
});
});

I need help hiding an element when hovering over another non child/parent/sibling element

I'm a beginner when it comes to javascript and I'm trying to write a script to hide a class when I hover over another class. I've written this piece of code however it isn't working as I'd like it to.Could someone give me some pointers as to why this code isn't working and some advice on how to get it to achieve the results I'm looking for.
$(document).ready( function () {
"use strict";
document.getElementsByClassName('nav-bar').onmouseover = function(){
document.getElementsByClassName('site-title').style.display="none";
};
document.getElementsByClassName('nav-bar').onmouseout = function(){
document.getElementsByClassName('site-title').style.display="inline";
};
});
edit
#Jonas
$(document).ready( function () {
"use strict";
document.getElementsByClassName('nav-bar').forEach(function(el){el.onmouseover = function(){
document.getElementsByClassName('site-title').forEach(function(el){el.style.display="none";}
);
};
}
);
document.getElementsByClassName('nav-bar').forEach(function(el){el.onmouseout = function(){
document.getElementsByClassName('site-title').forEach(function(el){el.style.display="inline";});
};});
});
this is your adapted code. I'm not sure why it isn't working have i done it correctly?
edit 2
<body>
<Header>
<div class="navigation-wrap">
<div class="logo"><img src="../images/logo2.jpg" alt="Lewis Banks Logo" title="Lewis Banks & Sons Ltd"></div>
<div class="navigation">
<nav class="nav-menu">
<ul class="clearfix" >
<li class="nav-button"><a class="nav-bar" href="../index.html">Home</a></li>
<li class="nav-button">
<a id="product-button">Products</a>
<ul id="product-list">
<li class="menu-dropdown2"> AC
<ul id="AC-sublist">
<li class="dropdown-content"><a href="../CSW1-Switch.html">CSW1 Switch (15mm)<a>
</li>
<li class="dropdown-content"><a href="../CSW2-Switch.html">CSW2 Switch (20mm)<a>
</li>
<li class="dropdown-content"><a href="../CSW10-Switch.html">CSW10 Switch (30mm)<a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="menu-dropdown2"><a href="../DC-Products.html" >DC</a>
<ul id="DC-sublist">
<li class="dropdown-content"><a href="../Cartridge-Brush-Holders.html">Cartridge Brush Holders<a>
</li>
<li class="dropdown-content">Brush Holder Caps
</li>
<li class="dropdown-content">Extruded Brush Holders
</li>
<li class="dropdown-content">Pressed Brass Brush Holders</li>
<li class="dropdown-content">Aluminium Brush Rockers
</li>
<li class="dropdown-content">Pressed Brass Brush Rockers</li>
<li class="dropdown-content">Tachometer Brush Rocker
</li>
<li class="dropdown-content">Carbon Brushes
</li>
<li class="dropdown-content">Constant Force Springs
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="nav-button"><a class="nav-bar" href="../Applications.html">Applications</a></li>
<li class="nav-button"><a class="nav-bar" href="../Old-and-New.html">Old & New</a></li>
<li class="nav-button"><a class="nav-bar" href="../About-Us.html">About Us</a></li>
</ul>
</nav>
</div>
</div>
</Header>
<div class="site-title">
<h1>Lewis Banks & Sons</h1>
<h3><q>Labor Omnibus Unus</q></h3>
<h4><i>Company motto since 1916</i></h4>
</div>
</body>
This is my html code, I apologize in advanced for the confusing state it is in this is the first website i've ever tried to to make and I've had to do a lot of trial and error and other acts of desperation when i came unstuck.
I have a top menu bar which has submenu's. I managed to do that using CSS.
The problem i have is as i hover over the sub-menus they overlap with the site title which makes the page look ugly. I don't want to move the site titel down so instead i'd like to remove it whenever you hover over the initial menu buttons. I want to to do this whilst maintaining the page structre (ie there's whitespace where the tite was).

It seems you are using jQuery. Why not use jQuery selectors and methods to achieve your goal. It is easier to read and understand. Take a look at the following pages for more information:
http://api.jquery.com/on/
https://api.jquery.com/mouseover/
https://api.jquery.com/mouseout/
Try this for example:
$(document).ready( function () {
$(document).on('mouseover', '.nav-bar', function() {
jQuery('.site-title').css('display', 'none');
});
$(document).on('mouseout', '.nav-bar', function() {
jQuery('.site-title').css('display', 'inline-block');
});
});

GetElementsByClassName returns a HTMLCollection. You need to loopover, and add to each:
document.getElementsByClassName('nav-bar').forEach(function(el){el.onmouseover = function(){
document.getElementsByClassName('site-title').forEach(function(el){el.style.display="none";});
};});

Like Dais mentioned in his answer, it looks like you are using jQuery so why not use the built in jQuery mouse events. Either that or you copied your code from somewhere and didn't realize that $ is a shortcut for jQuery and for your javascript to work you need to include jQuery. To include jQuery you need a statment similar to below in your html. This will include jQuery from google's content delivery network (CDN). There are other CDN's available including ones directly from jQuery.
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
https://api.jquery.com/category/events/mouse-events/
Below is a working example using jQuery events and selectors.
$(document).ready(function() {
"use strict";
$('#site-title').mouseover( function() {
$('#site-title').hide(500);
});
$('#nav-bar').mouseleave( function() {
$('#site-title').show(500);
});
});
#site-title {
position:absolute;
background:red;
width:100%;
height:50px;
}
#nav-bar {
position:absolute;
background:green;
width:100%;
height:50px;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<nav id="nav-bar">I am the nav bar
<button>Nav1</button>
<button>Nav2</button>
<button>Nav3</button>
</nav>
<header id="site-title">I am the site title</header>

how to pass this element to javascript onclick function and add a class to that clicked element

I had an html navigation code as below
function Data(string) {
//1. get some data from server according to month year etc.,
//2. unactive all the remaining li's and make the current clicked element active by adding "active" class to the element
$('.filter').removeClass('active');
$(this).addClass('active');
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="row" style="padding-left:21px;">
<ul class="nav nav-tabs" style="padding-left:40px;">
<li class="active filter">This Month</li>
<li class="filter">Year</li>
<li class="filter">60 Days</li>
<li class="filter">90 Days</li>
</ul>
</div>
When the user clicks on any of the tabs
all the remaining tabs should be unactive,
and the current element/tab should be active,
My code above is not working.
How to make the above code work?
I only want to use javascript onclick for this. Is there any way that the this(current) object is send when the user clicks on the tab?

Use this html to get the clicked element:
<div class="row" style="padding-left:21px;">
<ul class="nav nav-tabs" style="padding-left:40px;">
<li class="active filter">This Month</li>
<li class="filter">Year</li>
<li class="filter">60 Days</li>
<li class="filter">90 Days</li>
</ul>
</div>
Script:
function Data(string, el)
{
$('.filter').removeClass('active');
$(el).parent().addClass('active');
}

Try like
<script>
function Data(string)
{
$('.filter').removeClass('active');
$(this).parent('.filter').addClass('active') ;
}
</script>
For the class selector you need to use . before the classname.And you need to add the class for the parent. Bec you are clicking on anchor tag not the filter.

<div class="row" style="padding-left:21px;">
<ul class="nav nav-tabs" style="padding-left:40px;">
<li class="active filter">This Month</li>
<li class="filter">Year</li>
<li class="filter">60 Days</li>
<li class="filter">90 Days</li>
</ul>
</div>
<script>
function Data(element)
{
element.removeClass('active');
element.addClass('active') ;
}
</script>

You have two issues in your code.. First you need reference to capture the element on click. Try adding another parameter to your function to reference this. Also active class is for li element initially while you are tryin to add it to "a" element in the function.
try this..
<div class="row" style="padding-left:21px;">
<ul class="nav nav-tabs" style="padding-left:40px;">
<li class="active filter">This Month</li>
<li class="filter">Year</li>
<li class="filter">60 Days</li>
<li class="filter">90 Days</li>
</ul>
</div>
<script>
function Data(string,element)
{
//1. get some data from server according to month year etc.,
//2. unactive all the remaining li's and make the current clicked element active by adding "active" class to the element
$('.filter').removeClass('active');
$(element).parent().addClass('active') ;
}
</script>

You can use addEventListener to pass this to a JavaScript function.
HTML
<button id="button">Year</button>
JavaScript
(function () {
var btn = document.getElementById('button');
btn.addEventListener('click', function () {
Date('#year');
}, false);
})();
function Data(string)
{
$('.filter').removeClass('active');
$(this).parent().addClass('active') ;
}

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.2/jquery.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-2.1.0.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" >
function openOnImageClick(event)
{
//alert("Jai Sh Raam");
// document.getElementById("images").src = "fruits.jpg";
var target = event.target || event.srcElement; // IE
console.log(target);
console.log(target.src);
var img = document.createElement('img');
img.setAttribute('src', target.src);
img.setAttribute('width', '200');
img.setAttribute('height', '150');
document.getElementById("images").appendChild(img);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Screen Shot View</h1>
<p>Click the Tiger to display the Image</p>
<div id="images" >
</div>
<img src="tiger.jpg" width="100" height="50" alt="unfinished bingo card" onclick="openOnImageClick(event)" />
<img src="sabaLogo1.jpg" width="100" height="50" alt="unfinished bingo card" onclick="openOnImageClick(event)" />
</body>
</html>

Show div contents on click on dropdown menu

I am really stuck on this. I have a dropdown menu called "Example" that contains 2 submenus "submenu1" and "submenu2". When either of the 2 is clicked, it will contain an image thumb which will be displayed in lightbox style. But as of now both thumbs are displayed and this is not what I want because the final web page will contain hundreds of images. Is there a way to make the images appear only when one sub-menu is clicked, according to the code below. Thanks
<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<!-- Portfolio Projects -->
<div class="row">
<div class="span3">
<!-- Filter -->
<nav id="options" class="work-nav">
<ul id="filters" class="option-set" data-option-key="filter">
<li class="type-work">CATEGORIES</li>
<li class="dropdown"><a data-toggle="dropdown" class="dropdown-toggle"
>BAPTISM
<b class="caret"></b></a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<li class="dropdown-submenu">
BOY CLOTHING
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<li><a href="#filter" data-option-
value=".boy" tabindex="-1">Clothing</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="dropdown-submenu">
GIRL CLOTHING
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<li><a href="#filter" data-option-
value=".girl" tabindex="-1">Clothing</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</nav>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery.js"></script>
<script src="js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</ul>
</nav>
<!-- End Filter -->
</div>
<div class="span9">
<div class="row">
<section id="projects">
<ul id="thumbs">
<!-- gallery starts here -->
<li class="item-thumbs span3 boy"><!-- Fancybox - Gallery Enabled
- Title - Full Image -->
<a class="hover-wrap fancybox" data-fancybox-group="boy"
title="" href="_include/img/work/full/boy_clothing.jpg">
<span class="overlay-img"></span>
</a>
<!-- Thumb Image and Description -->
<img src="_include/img/work/thumbs/boy_clothing.jpg" alt="">
</li>
<li class="item-thumbs span3 girl">
<!-- Fancybox - Gallery Enabled - Title - Full Image -->
<a class="hover-wrap fancybox" data-fancybox-group="girl"
title="" href="_include/img/work/full/girl_clothing.jpg">
<span class="overlay-img"></span>
</a>
<!-- Thumb Image and Description -->
<img src="_include/img/work/thumbs/girl_clothing.jpg"
alt="">
</li>
</ul>
</section>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<!-- End Portfolio Projects -->
</body>
</html>

WOW I can't believe I found the solution after so many days by adding just a simple word. Didn't have to mess with javascript at all. Actually in the external .js file of the website I was told by a code developer to add the following: filter: '.foobar' See the final result below $container.isotope({
// options
animationEngine: 'best-available',
itemSelector : '.item-thumbs',
filter: '.foobar',
layoutMode : 'fitRows'
});

Here is what I would do:
I try and keep the logic simple, then you can just use something similar on your site :)
(Please S.O. Correct me if I am wrong here!)
CSS:
Give your submenus an ID
JavaScript:
// 2 event listeners that will run a function when the submenu is clicked:
var sub_menu_1 = document.getElementById( "submenu1" );
sub_menu_1.addEventListener("click", DISPLAY_menu_1 , false);
var sub_menu_2 = document.getElementById( "submenu2" );
sub_menu_2.addEventListener("click", DISPLAY_menu_1 , false);
function DISPLAY_menu_1 () {
// Do whatever CSS you need here, I simply make the entire DIV 'visible':
sub_menu_1.style.visibility = 'visible';
// For good measures, lets make submenu2 'invisible':
sub_menu_2.style.visibility = 'hidden';
}
function DISPLAY_menu_2 () {
// Same in Reverse
sub_menu_2.style.visibility = 'visible';
sub_menu_1.style.visibility = 'hidden';
}
EDIT:
Whew! This took a while.. Sorry about that!
Check out this example:
I basically made 3 versions for you to try out.
Simply click the Edit this Pen button to check the code!
Example

How do i detect the next hover for mouse?

Hi Im building a menu and i need to detect the next move for the mouse. Currently im using event.relatedTarget and getting the event.relatedTarget.id of the next element. It worked until i had to make some modifications to my css in on my menu so i had to get rid of overflow: hidden; and use display: inline-block;. The thing that happens now is that the event.relatedTarget is an empty string except for when i pull the mouse fast down to my menu items. Ill post parts of the code and have the full thing on jsfiddle. any ideas guys?
link to the project
Navigation.top_links.on('mouseleave', function (event) {
var sub_wrapper = $('.sub-wrapper'),
target_id = event.relatedTarget.id;
console.log(event.relatedTarget.id);
console.log(event.relatedTarget.id);
if (target_id == 'got_me_sections' || target_id == 'got_me_products' || target_id == 'ind_sections' || target_id == 'ind_products') {
console.log('mouse down to items');
return false;
}
sub_wrapper.removeClass('sections').removeClass('products');
sub_wrapper.hide();
});
its much html so it gets kinda messy, sorry.
<ul id="top_nav">
<li class="first">sections</li>
<li>products</li>
<li>
<div id="nav_cart">
<div class="gfx-div-cart"></div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
<div id="sub_nav">
<div id="sub_sections" class="sub-wrapper">
<div id="got_me_sections" class="top-space">
<div id="ind_sections" class="indicator"></div>
</div>
<div class="nav-items-wrapper">
<div class="nav-items-breadcrumb">
<ul class="breadcrumb">
<li class="bc first">sections</li>
<li class="bc last"> </li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="nav-items">
<ul class="nav-items-list">
<li>item.Name</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>

I solved this by adding css to the <div id="sub_nav">...</div>
i moved the container up a bit with negative margin-top: -4px;