Build jQuery UI Sortable - Drop placeholder in JavaScript

Description

The following code shows how to build jQuery UI Sortable - Drop placeholder.

Example


<!-- Revised from demo code on http://jqueryui.com/ -->
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>jQuery UI Sortable - Drop placeholder</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.  j  av a  2 s .  c  om-->
<style>
#sortable { list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 60%; }
#sortable li { margin: 0 5px 5px 5px; padding: 5px; font-size: 1.2em; height: 1.5em; }
html>body #sortable li { height: 1.5em; line-height: 1.2em; }
.ui-state-highlight { height: 1.5em; line-height: 1.2em; }
</style>
<script>
$(function() {
$( "#sortable" ).sortable({
placeholder: "ui-state-highlight"
});
$( "#sortable" ).disableSelection();
});
</script>
</head>
<body>

<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>
<li class="ui-state-default">Item 6</li>
<li class="ui-state-default">Item 7</li>
</ul>

<div class="demo-description">
<p>
When dragging a sortable item to a new location, other items will make room
for the that item by shifting to allow white space between them. Pass a
class into the <code>placeholder</code> option to style that space to
be visible.  Use the boolean <code>forcePlaceholderSize</code> option
to set dimensions on the placeholder.
</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>

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The code above generates the following result.

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