Draggables are built to interact seamlessly with sortables. Enable a group of DOM elements to be sortable. Click on and drag an element to a new spot within the list, and the other items will adjust to fit. By default, sortable items share draggable properties.
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>jQuery UI Draggable + Sortable</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/resources/demos/style.css">
<style>
ul { list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; margin-bottom: 10px; }
li { margin: 5px; padding: 5px; width: 150px; }
</style>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<script>
$( function() {
$( "#sortable" ).sortable({
revert: true
});
$( "#draggable" ).draggable({
connectToSortable: "#sortable",
helper: "clone",
revert: "invalid"
});
$( "ul, li" ).disableSelection();
} );
</script>
</head>
<body>
<ul>
<li id="draggable" class="ui-state-highlight">Drag me down</li>
</ul>
<ul id="sortable">
<li class="ui-state-default">Item 1</li>
<li class="ui-state-default">Item 2</li>
<li class="ui-state-default">Item 3</li>
<li class="ui-state-default">Item 4</li>
<li class="ui-state-default">Item 5</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
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