Test Case Boilerplate
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HTML
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/jquery-ui-git.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/jquery-ui-git.css">
<ul class="ui-sortable inline-block">
<li style="width: 181px; height: 227px">
</li><li style="width: 181px; height: 227px">
</li><li style="width: 181px; height: 227px">
</li><li style="width: 181px; height: 227px">
</li><li style="width: 181px; height: 227px">
</li><li style="width: 181px; height: 227px">
</li><li style="width: 181px; height: 227px">
</li><li style="width: 181px; height: 227px">
</li><li style="width: 181px; height: 227px">
</li>
</ul>
<ul class="ui-sortable float">
<li style="width: 181px; height: 227px">
</li><li style="width: 181px; height: 227px">
</li><li style="width: 181px; height: 227px">
</li><li style="width: 181px; height: 227px">
</li><li style="width: 181px; height: 227px">
</li><li style="width: 181px; height: 227px">
</li><li style="width: 181px; height: 227px">
</li><li style="width: 181px; height: 227px">
</li><li style="width: 181px; height: 227px">
</li>
</ul>
CSS
article, aside, figure, footer, header, hgroup,
menu, nav, section { display: block; }
.ui-sortable li {
list-style: none;
margin: 4px;
}
.inline-block li {
display: inline-block;
background: #a00;
}
.float li {
float: left;
background: #0a0;
}
JavaScript
$('.ui-sortable').sortable();