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HTML
<table border="1">
<tr>
<td>
<div ondrop="drop(event);" ondragover="allowDrop(event);">
<img src="http://icons.iconarchive.com/icons/hydrattz/multipurpose-alphabet/128/Letter-A-dg-icon.png" ondragstart="drag(event);" id="a" draggable="true"/>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div ondrop="drop(event);" ondragover="allowDrop(event)"><img src="http://icons.iconarchive.com/icons/hydrattz/multipurpose-alphabet/128/Letter-B-dg-icon.png" ondragstart="drag(event);" id="b" draggable="true"/> </div>
</td>
<td>
<div ondrop="drop(event);" ondragover="allowDrop(event)"><img src="http://icons.iconarchive.com/icons/hydrattz/multipurpose-alphabet/128/Letter-C-dg-icon.png" ondragstart="drag(event);" id="c" draggable="true"/> </div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div ondrop="drop(event);" ondragover="allowDrop(event)"><img src="http://icons.iconarchive.com/icons/hydrattz/multipurpose-alphabet/128/Letter-D-dg-icon.png" ondragstart="drag(event);" id="d" draggable="true"/> </div>
</td>
<td>
<div ondrop="drop(event);" ondragover="allowDrop(event)"><img src="http://icons.iconarchive.com/icons/hydrattz/multipurpose-alphabet/128/Letter-F-dg-icon.png" ondragstart="drag(event);" id="f" draggable="true"/> </div>
</td>
<td>
<div ondrop="drop(event);" ondragover="allowDrop(event)"><img src="http://icons.iconarchive.com/icons/hydrattz/multipurpose-alphabet/128/Letter-G-dg-icon.png" ondragstart="drag(event);" id="g" draggable="true"/> </div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div ondrop="drop(event);" ondragover="allowDrop(event)"><img src="http://icons.iconarchive.com/icons/hydrattz/multipurpose-alphabet/128/Letter-H-dg-icon.png" ondragstart="drag(event);" id="h" draggable="true"/> </div>
</td>
<td>
<div ondrop="drop(event);"...
CSS
div {width:128px;height:128px;}
JavaScript
function drag(ev)
{
ev.dataTransfer.setData("Text",ev.target.id);
}
function drop(ev)
{
var id = ev.dataTransfer.getData("Text");
if (!$(ev.currentTarget).find("img")[0])
ev.target.appendChild(document.getElementById(id));
ev.preventDefault();
}
function allowDrop(ev)
{
ev.preventDefault();
}
function sorter(selector, order) {
selector.each(function() {
if(order) {
for(var i =0; i < order.length; i++){
alert(order[i]);
$("#sorted").append($(this).children('img[id='+order[i]+']'));
}
}
});
}
sorter($("div"), ['a','c','d']);