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HTML

<ul id="sortable1" class="connectedSortable">
  <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>
</ul>

CSS

#sortable1 { list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0 0 2.5em; float: left; margin-right: 10px; }
 #sortable1 li { margin: 0 5px 5px 5px; padding: 5px; font-size: 1.2em; width: 120px; }

JavaScript

// taken from the jquery ui sortable example at http://jqueryui.com/sortable/#connect-lists
// works with jquery 1.9, but the _first_ drag fails with jquery 2.0.0

$( "#sortable1" )
    .sortable()
    .disableSelection()
    .children()
        .remove()
        .appendTo("#sortable1")
    .end()
    .sortable( "refresh" );