JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8/themes/cupertino/jquery-ui.css">
<ul id='firstOne'>First
<li class='listItem'>oneF</li>
<li class='listItem'>twoF</li>
</ul>
<ul id='secondOne'>Second<span></span>
<li class='listItem'>oneS</li>
<li class='listItem'>twoS</li>
</ul>
CSS
ul{border:solid 1px red;margin:10px;}
li{border:solid 1px blue;}
JavaScript
$('#firstOne .listItem').draggable({
helper: 'clone'
});
giveId($('#secondOne'));
$("#secondOne").droppable({
activeClass: "ui-state-default",
hoverClass: "ui-state-hover",
drop: function(event, ui) {
$(ui.draggable).clone().css('background-color', 'pink').attr('id', 'content-' + ($(this).find('.listItem').length + 1)).appendTo(this).siblings().css('background-color', 'yellow');
showId($(event.target));
},
accept: '#firstOne .listItem'
}).sortable({
revert: true,
update: function(event, ui) {
showId($(event.target));
},
receive: function(event, ui) {
alert('receipt');
}
});
function giveId(list) {
list.find(".listItem").each(function(index) {
$(this).attr("id", "content-" + index);
});
showId(list)
}
function showId(list) {
list.find('span').text(list.find('.listItem:last').attr('id'));
}