Question

How can I change the order of a list once applied by JavaScript jQuery.sortable.

For example:

<ul id="mylist">
  <li>1</li>
  <li>2</li>
  <li>3</li>
  <li>4</li>
  <li>5</li>
</ul>

var x_sortable_list = $("mylist").sortable();

Then, assuming this to work:

x_sortable_list.changeOrder([
 {item:1, newOrder:2 },
 {item:2, newOrder:1 },
 {item:3, newOrder:3 }
]);

Answer 1

As Sparr has said, there’s no way to sort them using sortable directly, but you can still move them manually with something like:

$("#mylist li:eq(1)").insertAfter($("#mylist li:eq(2)"));