JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by MatyasSvejdik
HTML
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>jQuery UI Sortable - Include / exclude items</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/resources/demos/style.css">
<style>
#sortable1, #sortable2 { list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; zoom: 1; }
#sortable1 li, #sortable2 li { margin: 0 5px 5px 5px; padding: 3px; width: 90%; }
</style>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<script>
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h3 class="docs">Specify which items are sortable:</h3>
<ul id="sortable1">
<li class="ui-state-default">Item 1</li>
<li class="ui-state-default ui-state-disabled">(I'm not sortable or a drop target)</li>
<li class="ui-state-default ui-state-disabled">(I'm not sortable or a drop target)</li>
<li class="ui-state-default">Item 4</li>
</ul>
<h3 class="docs">Cancel sorting (but keep as drop targets):</h3>
<ul id="sortable2">
<li class="ui-state-default">Item 1</li>
<li class="ui-state-default ui-state-disabled">(I'm not sortable)</li>
<li class="ui-state-default ui-state-disabled">(I'm not sortable)</li>
<li class="ui-state-default">Item 4</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
JavaScript
$( function() {
$( "#sortable1" ).sortable({
items: "li:not(.ui-state-disabled)"
});
$( "#sortable2" ).sortable({
cancel: ".ui-state-disabled"
});
$( "#sortable1 li, #sortable2 li" ).disableSelection();
} );