sortable placeholder: "empty"
<!-- jQuery UI Effects Blind 1.7.2 Copyright (c) 2009 AUTHORS.txt (http://jqueryui.com/about) Dual licensed under the MIT (MIT-LICENSE.txt) and GPL (GPL-LICENSE.txt) licenses. --> <!doctype html> <html lang="en"> <head> <title>jQuery UI Sortable - Default functionality</title> <link type="text/css" href="js/themes/base/ui.all.css" rel="stylesheet" /> <script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.3.2.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="js/ui/ui.core.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="js/ui/ui.sortable.js"></script> <link type="text/css" href="js/demos.css" rel="stylesheet" /> <style type="text/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; } </style> <script type="text/javascript"> $(function() { var sortOpts = { placeholder: "empty" }; $("#sortable").sortable(sortOpts); }); </script> </head> <body> <div class="demo"> <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> <li class="ui-state-default"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Item 5</li> <li class="ui-state-default"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Item 6</li> <li class="ui-state-default"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Item 7</li> </ul> </div> </body> </html>