JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.2/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.2/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
<ul class="sortable">

            <li id="item_3">Item 3</li>
            <p class="note">This is a note only</p> 
            <li id="item_4">Item 4</li>
            <li id="item_5">Item 5</li>
   </ul>

JavaScript

$(function() {
    $( ".sortable" ).sortable({
        items : 'li'
    });
 });