Test Case Boilerplate

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by TJ VanToll

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>
    <li id="draggable" class="ui-state-highlight">Drag me down</li>
</ul>
 
<ul id="sortable">
    <li class="ui-state-default">Item 1</li>
    <li class="ui-state-default">Item 2</li>
    <li class="ui-state-default">Item 3</li>
    <li class="ui-state-default">Item 4</li>
    <li class="ui-state-default">Item 5</li>
</ul>

CSS

ul { list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; margin-bottom: 10px; }
li { margin: 5px; padding: 5px; width: 150px; }

/* The following causes connectToSortable to fail */
#sortable > li { float:left; }

/* The following will workaround the issue */
/*#sortable::after {
    clear: both;
    content: '';
    display: block;
}*/

JavaScript

$( "#sortable" ).sortable();
$( "#draggable" ).draggable({
    connectToSortable: "#sortable",
    helper: "clone"
});