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HTML

<ul id="sortable">
    <li><span>Item 1</span></li>
    <li><span>Item 2</span></li>
    <li><span>Item 3</span></li>
    <li><span>Item 4</span></li>
    <li><span>Item 5</span></li>
    <li><span>Item 6</span></li>
    <li><span>Item 7</span></li>
</ul>

CSS

#sortable {
    list-style-type: none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    width: 60%;
}
#sortable li {
    margin: 0 3px 3px 3px;
    padding: 0.4em;
    padding-left: 1.5em;
    font-size: 1.4em;
    height: 18px;
    background: #CCCCCC;
}

JavaScript

$("#sortable").sortable({
    revert: true,
    cancel: "#sortable li span"
});