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HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.7.0/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
<ul id="sortable1" class="connectedSortable">
<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>
<ul id="sortable2" class="connectedSortable">
<li class="ui-state-highlight">Item 1</li>
<li class="ui-state-highlight">Item 2</li>
<li class="ui-state-highlight">Item 3</li>
<li class="ui-state-highlight">Item 4</li>
<li class="ui-state-highlight">Item 5</li>
</ul>
<div id="status"></div>
CSS
#sortable1, #sortable2 { list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; float: left; margin-right: 10px; }
#sortable1 li, #sortable2 li { margin: 0 5px 5px 5px; padding: 5px; font-size: 1.2em; width: 120px; }
#status { font-weight: bold }
JavaScript
$(function() {
var isInside = true;
$("#sortable1, #sortable2").sortable({
connectWith: '.connectedSortable',
stop: function() {
$("#status")
.html( "Dropped " + (isInside ? "inside" : "outside"))
.css("color", isInside ? "green" : "red") ;
}
})
.droppable({
over: function() { isInside = true; },
out: function() { isInside = false; },
accept: "li"
});
});