sortable grid

by Michael Coomey

HTML

<div style="width:520px">
  <ul id="items">
      <li class="list">1</li>
      <li class="list">2</li>
      <li class="list">3</li>
      <li class="list">4</li>
      <li class="list">5</li>
      <li class="list">6</li>
      <li class="list">7</li>
      <li class="list">8</li>
      <li class="list">9</li>
      <li class="list">10</li>
      <li class="list">11</li>
      <li class="list">12</li>
      <li class="list">13</li>
      <li class="list">14</li>
      <li class="list">15</li>
      <li class="list">16</li>
      <li class="list">17</li>
      <li class="list">18</li>
      <li class="list">19</li>
      <li class="list">20</li>
      <li class="list">21</li>
      <li class="list">22</li>
      <li class="list">23</li>
      <li class="list">24</li>
      <li class="list">25</li>
      <li class="list">26</li>
      <li class="list">27</li>
      <li class="list">28</li>
  </ul>
</div>
<div id="info" style="font-family:Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:20px;"></div>

CSS

.list {
    background-color: pink;
    font-size: 30px;
    text-align: center;
    cursor: pointer;
    font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;
    border: 1px solid gray;
}
 
#items .ui-selected {
    background: red;
    color: white;
    font-weight: bold;
}
 
#items {
    list-style-type: none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}
 
#items li {
    float: left;
    margin: 2px;
    padding: 2px;
    width: 50px;
    height: 50px;
    line-height: 50px;
}
 
.highlight {
    border: 2px solid red;
    font-weight: bold;
    font-size: 50px;
    background-color: lightblue;
}

JavaScript

$(function () {
        $("#items").sortable({
                start: function (event, ui) {
                        ui.item.toggleClass("highlight");
                },
                stop: function (event, ui) {
                        ui.item.toggleClass("highlight");
                }
        });
        $("#items").disableSelection();
});