Sortable Test

by Steven Senkus

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<div class='source-news'>
     <h3>Please choose your category preferences from the following list by simply
        draging your choices into the box below.</h3>

    <ul id="categories-source" class='news-list categories-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>
    </ul>
</div>
<div class='interested-in'>
     <h3>I'm interested in:</h3>

    <ul id="categories-chosen" class='news-list interested categories-sortable'>
        <li class="ui-state-default">I have been chosen</li>
        <li class="ui-state-default">Another chosen</li>
    </ul>
</div>

CSS

.news-list {
    padding: 0;
}
.news-list li {
    cursor: pointer;
    display: inline-block;
    padding: 5px 10px;
    border-radius: 5px;
    -moz-border-radius: 5px;
    background: #fff;
    margin: 0 10px 0 0;
}
.news-list.interested li {
    background: #74ce9c;
}
.source-news h3 {
    font-size: 13px;
    margin: 0;
}
.interested-in {
    background: #e9f5f1;
    border-radius: 4px;
    -moz-border-radius: 4px;
    padding: 13px 18px;
    margin: 18px 0 0 0;
}
.interested-in h3 {
    color: #74ce9c;
    font-size: 13px;
    margin: 0;
}

JavaScript

$(function () {
    var oldList, newList, item;
    $(".categories-sortable").sortable({
        connectWith: $('.categories-sortable'),
        start: function (event, ui) {
            item = ui.item;
            newList = oldList = ui.item.parent();
        },
        stop: function (event, ui) {
            console.log("Moved " + item.text() + " from " + oldList.attr('id') + " to " + newList.attr('id'));
        },
        change: function (event, ui) {
            if (ui.sender) {
                newList = ui.placeholder.parent();
            }
        },
    })
        .disableSelection();

});