I find it frustrating when tabs don't persist when reloading the page. Here's a little snippet I like to use for a simple, front-end solution to this problem.

The only downside is the amount of back button clicks it takes to get to the previous page due to the hash manipulation. I usually try to add some sort of 'go back' button to circumvent this issue.

Nothing special; just quick and dirty. It's all about the id naming conventions.