jQuery Sortable with swap positions

by mukkaram waheed

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8/themes/dot-luv/jquery-ui.css">
<ul id="sortable"> 
    <li class="ui-state-default"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Item 1</li> 
    <li class="ui-state-default"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Item 2</li> 
    <li class="ui-state-default"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Item 3</li> 
    <li class="ui-state-default"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Item 4</li> 
</ul> 
<ul id="sortable"> 
    <li class="ui-state-default"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Item 1</li> 
    <li class="ui-state-default"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Item 2</li> 
    <li class="ui-state-default"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Item 3</li> 
    <li class="ui-state-default"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Item 4</li> 
</ul> 

<!-- Item 1 Position: <input id="item-1-position" value="1">
<br />
Item 2 Position: <input id="item-1-position" value="2">
<br />
Item 3 Position: <input id="item-1-position" value="3">
<br />
Item 4 Position: <input id="item-1-position" value="4">
<br /> -->

CSS

#sortable { list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 60%; }
#sortable li { margin: 0 3px 3px 3px; padding: 0.4em; padding-left: 1.5em; font-size: 1.4em; height: 18px; }
#sortable li span { position: absolute; margin-left: -1.3em; }

JavaScript

$("#sortable").sortable({
    stop: function(event, ui) {
        var newPos=ui.item.index();
        /* alert("New position: " + ui.item.index()); */
    }
});



$("#sortable").disableSelection();