Question

I have a div containing a few jquery draggables, however if at any point I remove one of these draggables from the page then this can move the rest of them as they are positioned with relative.

Here is a fiddle showcasing this:
http://jsfiddle.net/VolatileStorm/aNk6e/

My proposed solution is that the draggable should be using absolute as opposed to relative positioning, however I can’t find a way to do this. Is there a way to do this, and if not, can anyone think of a way around it? (For elegance’s sake, I won’t accept “don’t delete the other draggable”).

Answer 1

Why doesn’t position:absolute work for you?

Since absolutely positioned elements are no longer part of the document flow, each of your three <div>s are placed at 0,0 of its containing (positioned) element. Thus, it’s up to you to work out the starting position of your draggables.