SPRY tabbed panels

i have an admin page that has a tabbed panel on it with the following tabs:
USERS, COMPANIES, PROJECTS.
each tab is a master form: contains a table with all users, all companies,
etc. When you select a user from the USERS master table a new form opens with
detail form for adding, deleting, etc.

my problem is that when closeing the detail form the tabbed panel reverts back
to the default (on the properties menu), trouble is i don't want it to do this.
I want it to revert back to the last tabbed panel that was selected. i.e. if
the default tab is USERS and i was editing PROJECTS when i close the detail
page i want it to revert back to PROJECTS on the master and not USERS which is
the default on the properties menu.