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var fixHelperModified = function(e, tr) {
    var $originals = tr.children();
    var $helper = tr.clone();
    $helper.children().each(function(index)
    {
      $(this).width($originals.eq(index).width())
    });
    return $helper;
};

$("tbody").sortable({
    helper: fixHelperModified,
    stop: function( event, ui ){
        $(this).find('tr').each(function(i){
            $(this).find('td:last').text(i+1);
        });
    }
    
}).disableSelection();

    

td.m { font-family:verdana; font-size:70%; }
td.hd { font-family:verdana; font-size:70%; font-weight:bold; color:white;}

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