Question

I have a several lists, on different pages, that share jQuery code for allowing them to be sorted:

$('.sortable_list').sortable({
      placeholder: 'placeholder',
      items: '.sortable_item',
      axis: 'y',
      containment: 'parent',
      tolerance: 'pointer',
      update: function(event, ui) {
        submitForm();
      }
    });

I’ve now got a requirement to modify a radio button when one of the lists is sorted.

Rather than having to duplicate the sortable code I was hoping to be able to use .live() or something similar to listen for a change or update on the list, but after trying to attach it to various places I’ve yet to find any that work:

  $('.sortable_list').live('update', function() {
    console.log('hello');
  });

Is it possible? What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Have you tried binding to “sortupdate”?

Most jQuery-plugin events are namespaced in some manner or another.