Build jQuery UI Sortable - Portlets in JavaScript

Description

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

Example


<!-- Revised from demo code on http://jqueryui.com/ -->
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>jQuery UI Sortable - Portlets</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" />
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<style>
body {
min-width: 520px;
}
.column {
width: 170px;
float: left;
padding-bottom: 100px;
}
.portlet {
margin: 0 1em 1em 0;
padding: 0.3em;
}
.portlet-header {
padding: 0.2em 0.3em;
margin-bottom: 0.5em;
position: relative;
}
.portlet-toggle {
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
right: 0;
margin-top: -8px;
}
.portlet-content {
padding: 0.4em;
}
.portlet-placeholder {
border: 1px dotted black;
margin: 0 1em 1em 0;
height: 50px;
}
</style>
<script>
$(function() {
$( ".column" ).sortable({
connectWith: ".column",
handle: ".portlet-header",
cancel: ".portlet-toggle",
placeholder: "portlet-placeholder ui-corner-all"
});

$( ".portlet" )
.addClass( "ui-widget ui-widget-content ui-helper-clearfix ui-corner-all" )
.find( ".portlet-header" )
.addClass( "ui-widget-header ui-corner-all" )
.prepend( "<span class='ui-icon ui-icon-minusthick portlet-toggle'></span>");

$( ".portlet-toggle" ).click(function() {
var icon = $( this );
icon.toggleClass( "ui-icon-minusthick ui-icon-plusthick" );
icon.closest( ".portlet" ).find( ".portlet-content" ).toggle();
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>

<div class="column">

<div class="portlet">
<div class="portlet-header">Feeds</div>
<div class="portlet-content">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit</div>
</div>

<div class="portlet">
<div class="portlet-header">News</div>
<div class="portlet-content">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit</div>
</div>

</div>

<div class="column">

<div class="portlet">
<div class="portlet-header">Shopping</div>
<div class="portlet-content">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit</div>
</div>

</div>

<div class="column">

<div class="portlet">
<div class="portlet-header">Links</div>
<div class="portlet-content">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit</div>
</div>

<div class="portlet">
<div class="portlet-header">Images</div>
<div class="portlet-content">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit</div>
</div>

</div>

<div class="demo-description">
<p>
Enable portlets (styled divs) as sortables and use the <code>connectWith</code>
option to allow sorting between columns.
</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>

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The code above generates the following result.

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