JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Jude Duran

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8/themes/dot-luv/jquery-ui.css">
<ul id="sortable"> 
    <li class="ui-state-default"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Item 1</li> 
    <li class="ui-state-default"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Item 2</li> 
    <li class="ui-state-default"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Item 3</li> 
    <li class="ui-state-default"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Item 4</li> 
    <li class="ui-state-default"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Item 5</li>     
</ul> 
<span>index</span>

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; }
#sortable li span { position: absolute; margin-left: -1.3em; }

JavaScript

$("#sortable").sortable({
    start:function(){
        $("span").text("");
    },
    stop: function(event, ui) {
        console.log("New position: " + ui.item.index());
    },
    change: function(event, ui) {
        // When the item postion is changed while dragging a item, I want it's position
        console.log("New position: " + ui.item.index());
        $("span").text(ui.placeholder.index());

    }
});

$("#sortable").disableSelection();