Sortable List Utility: Simple Sortable List
Making a simple sortable list.
- Item #1
- Item #2
- Item #3
- Item #4
- Item #5
- Item #6
- Item #7
- Item #8
- Item #9
- Item #10
Setting up the list
First we need to create the HTML structure for the list. Since Sortable uses Y.DD.Delegate, we need to set up a delegation container (#demo) and the list items (li).
<div id="demo"> <ul> <li>Item #1</li> <li>Item #2</li> <li>Item #3</li> <li>Item #4</li> <li>Item #5</li> <li>Item #6</li> <li>Item #7</li> <li>Item #8</li> <li>Item #9</li> <li>Item #10</li> </ul> </div>
Now we give the list some CSS to make it visible.
#demo li { list-style-type: none; padding: 3px; width: 150px; border: 1px solid black; margin: 3px; background-color: #8DD5E7; }
Setting up the YUI Instance
Now we need to create our YUI instance and tell it to load the sortable module.
YUI().use('sortable'
Making the list draggable
Now that we have a YUI instance with the sortable module, we need to instantiate the Sortable instance on the list.
YUI().use('sortable', function(Y) { var sortable = new Y.Sortable({ //The container of the list container: '#demo', //The items to make sortable nodes: 'li', //Set the opacity of the sorted item to make it //almost invisible opacity: '.1' }); });
