JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
<script src="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.4/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css">
<div id="sortable">
  
  <li class="ui-state-default" style="float:left;"><span class="ui-icon "></span>Item 2</li>
    
    <li class="ui-state-default" style="float:right;"><span class="ui-icon "></span>Item 3</li>
    
    <li class="ui-state-default" style="float:left;"><span class="ui-icon "></span>Item 4</li>
  
    <li class="ui-state-default" style="float:left;"><span class="ui-icon "></span>Item 1</li>
  
</div>

CSS

#sortable { list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 100%; }
  #sortable li { margin: 0 3px 3px 3px; padding: 0.4em; padding-left: 1.5em; font-size: 1.4em; height: 18px; }
  #sortable li span { position: absolute; margin-left: -1.3em; }

JavaScript

var reordered = false;

$('#sortable li').each(function(index){
    $(this).attr('data-orgleft',$(this).offset().left);
    $(this).css({float:"left",position:"relative"});
});
var $wrapper = $('#sortable');

$wrapper.find('li').sort(function (a, b) {
    return +a.dataset.orgleft - +b.dataset.orgleft;
})
.appendTo( $wrapper ); 

$( "#sortable" ).sortable({  });