Build jQuery UI Sortable - Connect lists in JavaScript

Description

The following code shows how to build jQuery UI Sortable - Connect lists.

Example


<!-- Revised from demo code on http://jqueryui.com/ -->
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>jQuery UI Sortable - Connect lists</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<link type="text/css" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<!--from w  ww.  jav a  2 s  .c  o m-->
<style>
#sortable1, #sortable2 { list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0 0 2.5em; float: left; margin-right: 10px; }
#sortable1 li, #sortable2 li { margin: 0 5px 5px 5px; padding: 5px; font-size: 1.2em; width: 120px; }
</style>
<script>
$(function() {
$( "#sortable1, #sortable2" ).sortable({
connectWith: ".connectedSortable"
}).disableSelection();
});
</script>
</head>
<body>

<ul id="sortable1" class="connectedSortable">
<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>

<ul id="sortable2" class="connectedSortable">
<li class="ui-state-highlight">Item 1</li>
<li class="ui-state-highlight">Item 2</li>
<li class="ui-state-highlight">Item 3</li>
<li class="ui-state-highlight">Item 4</li>
<li class="ui-state-highlight">Item 5</li>
</ul>

<div class="demo-description">
<p>
Sort items from one list into another and vice versa, by passing a selector into
the <code>connectWith</code> option. The simplest way to do this is to
group all related lists with a CSS class, and then pass that class into the
sortable function (i.e., <code>connectWith: '.myclass'</code>).
</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>

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The code above generates the following result.

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