diff -urp quicktabs.orig/includes/admin.inc quicktabs/includes/admin.inc
--- quicktabs.orig/includes/admin.inc	2009-01-22 18:35:22.000000000 +1030
+++ quicktabs/includes/admin.inc	2009-01-22 18:33:44.000000000 +1030
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ function _quicktabs_form($details) {
       '#size' => '40',
       '#required' => FALSE,
       '#default_value' => isset($details['args']) ? $details['args'] : '',
-      '#description' => t('Provide a comma separated list of arguments to pass to the view.'),
+      '#description' => t('Provide a comma separated list of arguments to pass to the view. You may use "%1" to obtain the second argument etc.'),
     );
     $form['view']['get_displays'] = array(
       '#type' => 'submit',
diff -urp quicktabs.orig/quicktabs.module quicktabs/quicktabs.module
--- quicktabs.orig/quicktabs.module	2009-01-22 18:35:22.000000000 +1030
+++ quicktabs/quicktabs.module	2009-01-22 18:32:35.000000000 +1030
@@ -485,7 +485,11 @@ function quicktabs_render_tabpage($tab) 
           if ($tab['args'] != '') {
             $args_array = explode(',', $tab['args']);
             foreach ($args_array as $arg) {
-              $args[] = trim($arg);
+              $arg = trim($arg);
+              if (strpos($arg, '%') === 0) {
+                $arg = arg(substr($arg, 1));
+              }
+              $args[] = $arg;
             }
           }
           $func_args = array_merge(array($tab['vid'], $tab['display']), $args);