SO fiddle
Test Fiddle mainly for SO Questions
HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.4/themes/overcast/jquery-ui.css">
<div id="origin">
<div id="draggable" class="ui-widget-content">
<p>I revert when I'm not dropped</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="droppable" class="ui-widget-header">
<p>Drop me here</p>
</div>
CSS
#draggable, #draggable2 { width: 100px; height: 100px; padding: 0.5em; float: left; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0; }
#droppable { width: 150px; height: 150px; padding: 0.5em; float: left; margin: 10px; }
JavaScript
$(function() {
$("#draggable").draggable({
revert: function(dropped) {
var dropped = dropped && dropped[0].id == "droppable";
if(!dropped) alert("I'm reverting!");
return !dropped;
}
}).each(function() {
var top = $(this).position().top;
var left = $(this).position().left;
$(this).data('orgTop', top);
$(this).data('orgLeft', left);
});
$("#droppable").droppable({
activeClass: 'ui-state-hover',
hoverClass: 'ui-state-active',
drop: function(event, ui) {
$(this).addClass('ui-state-highlight').find('p').html('Dropped!');
},
out: function(event, ui) {
ui.draggable.mouseup(function () {
var top = ui.draggable.data('orgTop');
var left = ui.draggable.data('orgLeft');
ui.position = { top: top, left: left };
});
}
});
});