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HTML

<ul id="sort">
    <li>Item 1</li>
    <li>Item 2</li>
    <li>Item 3</li>
    <li>Item 4</li>
    <li>Item 5</li>
    <li>Item 6</li>
    <li>Item 7</li>
    <li>Item 8</li>
    <li>Item 9</li>
</ul>

CSS

ul {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}
li {
    display: inline-block;
    margin: 5px;
    padding: 5px;
    background: #0f0;
    width: 25%;
}
.ui-sortable-placeholder {
    height: 0 !important;
}

JavaScript

$('#sort').sortable({ 
    
});