JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by Hüseyin BABAL
HTML
<ul id="myLayers">
<li class="ui-state-default" id="1"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Layer 1</li>
<li class="ui-state-default" id="2"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Layer 2</li>
<li class="ui-state-default" id="3"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Layer 3</li>
<li class="ui-state-default" id="4"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Layer 4</li>
<li class="ui-state-default" id="5"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Layer 5</li>
<li class="ui-state-default" id="6"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Layer 6</li>
<li class="ui-state-default" id="7"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Layer 7</li>
</ul>
<b>Status:</b>
<div id="status"></div>
CSS
#myLayers { list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 60%; }
#myLayers li { margin: 0 3px 3px 3px; padding: 0.4em; padding-left: 1.5em; font-size: 1.4em; height: 18px; cursor:move; }
#myLayers li span { position: absolute; margin-left: -1.3em; }
#myLayers li.fixed{cursor:default; color:#959595; opacity:0.5;}
JavaScript
$(function() {
var idsInOrder=$("#myLayers").sortable({
update: function(event, ui) {
var layers = [];
$('#myLayers li').each( function(e) {
layers.push( ( $(this).index() + 1 ) + '= Layer ' + $(this).attr('id'));
});
var positions = layers.join("<br/>")
$("#status").html(positions);
}
});
$("#myLayers").disableSelection();
});