JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Marcelo Leiva

HTML

<script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.8.23/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<ul id="sortable">
    <li class="ui-state-default">Item 1</li>
    <li class="ui-state-default">Item 2</li>
    <li class="ui-state-default">Item 3</li>
    <li class="ui-state-default">Item 4</li>
    <li class="ui-state-default">Item 5</li>
    <li class="ui-state-default">Item 6</li>
    <li class="ui-state-default">Item 7</li>
</ul>

CSS

#sortable { list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 60%; }
#sortable li { margin: 0 5px 5px 5px; padding: 5px; font-size: 1.2em; height: 1.5em; }
html>body #sortable li { height: 1.5em; line-height: 1.2em; }
.ui-state-highlight { height: 1.5em; line-height: 1.2em; background: #ccc }

JavaScript

$(function(){
    $('#sortable').sortable({
        placeholder: 'ui-state-highlight'
    });
    $('#sortable').disableSelection();
    
    $('#sortable').bind('sortstart', function(event, ui) {
        $('.ui-state-highlight').append('<span>Move here</span>');
    });
});