Handle Sortable update event in JavaScript

Description

The following code shows how to handle Sortable update event.

Example


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<html>
<head>
<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" />

<script type='text/javascript'>
$(document).ready(
function() {
$('ul').sortable({
placeholder: 'tmpPlaceholder',
helper: function(e, element) {
return $(element).clone().addClass('tmpHelper');
},
update : function(e, ui) {
alert("updated");
}
});
}
);
</script>
<style type='text/css'>
ul {
list-style: none;
}
li.tmpPlaceholder {
height: 22px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<ul>
<li>A</li>
<li>B</li>
<li>C</li>
<li>D</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>

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The code above generates the following result.

Handle Sortable update event in JavaScript

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