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HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css">
<button id="edit">Edit</button>
<ul id="sortable">
    <li class="ui-state-default"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span><a href="http://www.google.com" target="_blank">
        Item 1</a>
    </li>
    <li class="ui-state-default"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span><a href="http://www.google.com" target="_blank">Item 2</a>
    </li>
    <li class="ui-state-default"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span><a href="http://www.google.com" target="_blank">Item 3</a>
    </li>
    <li class="ui-state-default"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span><a href="http://www.google.com" target="_blank">Item 4</a>
    </li>
    <li class="ui-state-default"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span><a href="http://www.google.com" target="_blank">Item 5</a>
    </li>
    <li class="ui-state-default"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span><a href="http://www.google.com" target="_blank" draggable='false'>Item 6</a>
    </li>
    <li class="ui-state-default"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span><a href="http://www.google.com" target="_blank">Item 7</a>
    </li>
</ul>

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

var edit = false;
$(function () {
    $("#sortable").sortable();
    $("#sortable").disableSelection();
    $("#sortable").sortable('disable');

    $('#edit').click(function () {
        if (edit == false) {
            edit = true;
            $('#sortable').sortable('enable');
            $('a').attr('onclick', 'return false;');
        } else if (edit == true) {
            edit = false;
            $("#sortable").sortable('disable');
            $("#sortable").unbind('click.sortable');
            $('a').attr('onclick', 'return true');
            
        }
    });
});