JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http:////code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.1/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="http:////code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://jqueryui.com/resources/demos/style.css">
<ul id="sortable" class="ui-sortable">
	<li class="ui-state-default ui-sortable-handle"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Item 1</li>
	<li class="ui-state-default ui-sortable-handle"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Item 2</li>
	<li class="ui-state-default ui-sortable-handle"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Item 3</li>
	<li class="ui-state-default ui-sortable-handle"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Item 4</li>
	<li class="ui-state-default ui-sortable-handle"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Item 5</li>
	<li class="ui-state-default ui-sortable-handle"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Item 6</li>
	<li class="ui-state-default ui-sortable-handle"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Item 7</li>
</ul>

CSS

#sortable { list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 60%; }
	#sortable li { margin: 0 3px 3px 3px; padding: 0.4em; padding-left: 1.5em; font-size: 1.4em; height: 18px; }
	#sortable li span { position: absolute; margin-left: -1.3em; }

JavaScript

$(function() {
    $( "#sortable" ).sortable({
        delay: 2000,
        start: function() {
             console.log('start');   
        }
    }).delegate('li', 'mousedown', function()  {
        setTimeout(function() {
            console.log('down');
            $( "#sortable" ).sortable('cancel');
        }, 1000);
    });
    $( "#sortable" ).disableSelection();
});