JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.4/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<script src="//cdn.ckeditor.com/4.5.1/standard/ckeditor.js"></script>
<ul id="sortable">
<li class="ui-state-default">
<span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>
<textarea class="ckeditor" id="editor1">Content 1</textarea>
</li>
<li class="ui-state-default">
<span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>
<textarea class="ckeditor" id="editor2">Content 2</textarea>
</li>
<li class="ui-state-default">
<span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>
<textarea class="ckeditor" id="editor3">Content 3</textarea>
</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; }
#sortable li span { position: absolute; margin-left: -1.3em; }
.ui-state-highlight{border:1px solid red}
JavaScript
$(function() {
$( "#sortable" ).sortable({
placeholder: "ui-state-highlight",
start: function (event, ui)
{
var id_textarea = ui.item.find(".ckeditor").attr("id");
CKEDITOR.instances[id_textarea].destroy();
} ,
stop: function (event, ui)
{
var id_textarea = ui.item.find(".ckeditor").attr("id");
CKEDITOR.replace(id_textarea);
}
});
CKEDITOR.replace( 'editor1' );
CKEDITOR.replace( 'editor2' );
CKEDITOR.replace( 'editor3' );
CKEDITOR.replace( 'editor4' );
});