Build jQuery Nestable from JSON source.

Example of how to build jQuery Nestable from JSON. Orignal plugin available at https://github.com/dbushell/Nestable

HTML

<script src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/34573370/js/nestable/jquery.nestable.js"></script>
<strong>Build jQuery Nestable from JSON source.</strong> Orginal plugin source code at https://github.com/dbushell/Nestable
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<div id="nestable">
  <ul class="dd-list"></ul>
</div>

CSS

.cf:after {
  visibility: hidden;
  display: block;
  font-size: 0;
  content: " ";
  clear: both;
  height: 0;
}

* html .cf {
  zoom: 1;
}

*:first-child+html .cf {
  zoom: 1;
}

html {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

body {
  font-size: 100%;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 1.75em;
  font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;
}

h1 {
  font-size: 1.75em;
  margin: 0 0 0.6em 0;
}

a {
  color: #2996cc;
}

a:hover {
  text-decoration: none;
}

p {
  line-height: 1.5em;
}

.small {
  color: #666;
  font-size: 0.875em;
}

.large {
  font-size: 1.25em;
}

/**
 * Nestable
 */

.dd {
  position: relative;
  display: block;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  max-width: 600px;
  list-style: none;
  font-size: 13px;
  line-height: 20px;
}

.dd-list {
  display: block;
  position: relative;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
}

.dd-list .dd-list {
  padding-left: 30px;
}

.dd-collapsed .dd-list {
  display: none;
}

.dd-item,
.dd-empty,
.dd-placeholder {
  display: block;
  position: relative;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  min-height: 20px;
  font-size: 13px;
  line-height: 20px;
}

.dd-handle {
  display: block;
  height: 30px;
  margin: 5px 0;
  padding: 5px 10px;
  color: #333;
  text-decoration: none;
  font-weight: bold;
  border: 1px solid #ccc;
  background: #fafafa;
  background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #fafafa 0%, #eee 100%);
  background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #fafafa 0%, #eee 100%);
  background: linear-gradient(top, #fafafa 0%, #eee 100%);
  -webkit-border-radius: 3px;
  border-radius: 3px;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
}

.dd-handle:hover {
  color: #2ea8e5;
  background: #fff;
}

.dd-item>button {
  display: block;
  position: relative;
  cursor: pointer;
  float: left;
  width: 25px;
  height: 20px;
  margin: 5px 0;
  padding: 0;
  text-indent: 100%;
  white-space: nowrap;
  overflow: hidden;
  border: 0;
  background: transparent;
  font-size: 12px;
  line-height: 1;
  text-align: center;
  font-weight:...

JavaScript

var obj = '[{"id":1},{"id":2,"children":[{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5, "children":[{"id":6},{"id":7},{"id":8}]},{"id":9},{"id":10}]},{"id":11},{"id":12}]';

function buildItem(item) {

  var html = "<li class='dd-item' data-id='" + item.id + "' id='" + item.id + "'>";
  html += "<div class='dd-handle'>" + item.id + "</div>";

  if (item.children) {

    html += "<ol class='dd-list'>";
    $.each(item.children, function(index, sub) {
      html += buildItem(sub);
    });
    html += "</ol>";

  }

  html += "</li>";

  return html;
}

$.each(JSON.parse(obj), function(index, item) {

  $('#nestable ul').append(buildItem(item));

});

$('#nestable').nestable();