Sortable Test

http://phpduck.com/jquery-ui-sortable-drag-items-between-two-lists/

by Phil Glau

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<div class='source-news'>
     <h3>Please choose your category preferences from the following list by simply
        draging your choices into the box below.</h3>

    <ul id="categories-source" class='news-list categories-sortable'>
        <li class="ui-state-default"> <div id="clip1345" class='clip'>
            <img class='clip_image' src='http://ridiculousprods.com/i/multi_merge_clip.png' />
            <div class='length'>00:01:24</div>
            <div class='name wordwrap'>A001_C003_0101AE_REALLY_LONG_EXTRA_NAME.mp4</div>
        </div></li>
        <li class="ui-state-default">        <div id="clip1346" class='clip'>
            <img class='clip_image' src='http://ridiculousprods.com/i/multi_merge_clip.png' />
            <div class='length'>00:02:23</div>
            <div class='name wordwrap'>A001_C003_0101AE.mp4</div>
        </div></li>
        <li class="ui-state-default">        <div id="clip1347" class='clip'>
            <img class='clip_image' src='http://ridiculousprods.com/i/multi_merge_clip.png' />
            <div class='length'>00:03:05</div>
            <div class='name wordwrap'>A001_C003_0101AF.mp4</div>
        </div></li>
        <li class="ui-state-default">Item 4</li>
        <li class="ui-state-default">Item 5</li>
    </ul>
</div>
<div class='interested-in'>
     <h3>I'm interested in:</h3>

    <ul id="categories-chosen" class='news-list interested categories-sortable'>
        <li class="ui-state-default"></li>
    </ul>
</div>

CSS

.wordwrap {
    white-space: pre-wrap;
    /* CSS3 */
    white-space: -moz-pre-wrap;
    /* Firefox */
    white-space: -pre-wrap;
    /* Opera <7 */
    white-space: -o-pre-wrap;
    /* Opera 7 */
    word-wrap: break-word;
    /* IE */
}
.clip {
    -webkit-border-radius: 8px;
    -moz-border-radius: 8px;
    border-radius: 8px;
    background-color: #DDDDDD;
    padding: 5px;
    font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;
    text-align: center;
    background-color: rgb(221, 221, 221);
    border-top-left-radius: 8px;
    border-top-right-radius: 8px;
    border-bottom-right-radius: 8px;
    border-bottom-left-radius: 8px;
    width: 176px;
    height: auto;
    margin: 7px;
    box-shadow: 0 0 .5em rgba(0, 0, 0, .8);
    float: left;
}

.clip_image {
    width: 80px;
    height: auto;
    float:left;
}
.length {
    float: left;
    padding: 10px;
}
.name {
    clear: both;
    font-size: 10pt;
    padding-top: 2px;
}

.news-list {
    padding: 0;
}
.news-list li {
    cursor: move;
    display: inline-block;
/*    padding: 5px 10px;
    border-radius: 5px;
    -moz-border-radius: 5px;
    background: #fff;
    margin: 0 10px 0 0;*/
}
.news-list.interested li {
    background: #74ce9c;
}
.source-news h3 {
    font-size: 13px;
    margin: 0;
}
.interested-in {
    background: #e9f5f1;
    border-radius: 4px;
    -moz-border-radius: 4px;
    padding: 13px 18px;
    margin: 18px 0 0 0;
}
.interested-in h3 {
    color: #74ce9c;
    font-size: 13px;
    margin: 0;
}

JavaScript

// see http://phpduck.com/jquery-ui-sortable-drag-items-between-two-lists/

$(function () {
    var oldList, newList, item;
    $(".categories-sortable").sortable({
        connectWith: $('.categories-sortable'),
        start: function (event, ui) {
            item = ui.item;
            newList = oldList = ui.item.parent();
        },
        stop: function (event, ui) {
            console.log("Moved " + item.text() + " from " + oldList.attr('id') + " to " + newList.attr('id'));
        },
        change: function (event, ui) {
            if (ui.sender) {
                newList = ui.placeholder.parent();
            }
        },
    })
        .disableSelection();

});