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" id="sortable">
<li id="li1">1111111 <a href="?a=b">123</a></li>
<li id="li2">2222222 <a href="?c=d">456</a></li>
<li id="li3">3333333 <a href="?e=f">789</a></li>
</ul>
JavaScript
$("#sortable").sortable({
items: 'li',
cursor: 'move'
});