Sortable Resizable

by B L Praveen

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.3/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.3/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<div class="row">
<div class="column">
    <div class="portlet">
        <div class="portlet-header">Feeds</div>
        <div class="portlet-content">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit</div>
    </div>
    <div class="portlet">
        <div class="portlet-header">News</div>
        <div class="portlet-content">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit</div>
    </div>
</div>
<div class="column">
    <div class="portlet">
        <div class="portlet-header">Shopping</div>
        <div class="portlet-content">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit</div>
    </div>
</div>
<div class="column">
    <div class="portlet">
        <div class="portlet-header">Links</div>
        <div class="portlet-content">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit</div>
    </div>
</div>
</div>

CSS

.column { float: left; padding-bottom: 100px; }
.portlet { width: 170px; margin: 0 1em 1em 0; }
.portlet-header { margin: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0.2em; }
.portlet-header .ui-icon { float: right; }
.portlet-content { padding: 0.4em; }
.ui-sortable-placeholder { border: 1px dotted black; visibility: visible !important; height: 50px !important; }
.ui-sortable-placeholder * { visibility: hidden; }

JavaScript

$(function() {
$.fn.adjustColumn = function(col) {
    var currentTallest = 0,
     currentRowStart = 0,
     rowDivs = new Array(),
     $el,
     topPosition = 0;
    $(this).find(col).each(function() {
        $el = $(this);
        $el.css("height", null);
        $el.css("height", '');
        topPostion = $el.height();
        rowDivs.push($el);
        currentTallest = (currentTallest < $el.height()) ? ($el.height()) : (currentTallest);

    });

    for (currentDiv = 0 ; currentDiv < rowDivs.length ; currentDiv++) {
     rowDivs[currentDiv].height(currentTallest);
    }
};
    
$( ".column" ).sortable({
connectWith: ".column",
stop: function (e, t) {
							    $(this).closest('.row').adjustColumn('.column');
						}	    
});
$( ".portlet" ).addClass( "ui-widget ui-widget-content ui-helper-clearfix ui-corner-all" )
.find( ".portlet-header" )
.addClass( "ui-widget-header ui-corner-all" )
.prepend( "<span class='ui-icon ui-icon-minusthick'></span>")
.end()
.find( ".portlet-content" );
$( ".portlet-header .ui-icon" ).click(function() {
$( this ).toggleClass( "ui-icon-minusthick" ).toggleClass( "ui-icon-plusthick" );
$( this ).parents( ".portlet:first" ).find( ".portlet-content" ).toggle();
});
$( ".column" ).disableSelection();
$( ".portlet" ).resizable();
});