...the stack and keepHelper options work great, apart from a couple of points: 1) the words dragged onto the blackboard are no longer draggable, and 2) the updated ui.draggable.js still has the (probably unrelated?) old problem of the "cursor jump" when the page is scrolled and an item is dragged. If there is no quick fix its not a big deal - I'm grateful that I now know that what I want to do is possible and I learned plenty by reading through the js code.
KR, Andy On Nov 27, 10:50 am, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Many thanks Paul, I will do that tonight, after I finish my day > job :-/ ! > > Magic is indeed the word! > > KR, > > Andy > > On Nov 27, 10:15 am, "Paul Bakaus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 12:48 AM, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > > > I have a web page with a number of draggable words which can be > > > dragged onto a blackboard to make sentences (please see: > > >http://northbaddesley-inf.hants.sch.uk/nbis/curriculum/wordboard2.php > > > ). All is going well up to this point but now I have run into 2 > > > stumbling blocks, perhaps due to me misunderstanding the syntax: > > > > 1) Depending on the their position in the original word list under the > > > blackboard, dragged words may appear under words which are already > > > dragged - I would prefer the most recent dragged word to appear over > > > other words. I think that the draggable "stack" option should allow > > > the required behaviour but I can't seem to get it to work. > > > That's right - I tried it on your demo page, and it actually works. > > Simply do this: > > > $(".word").draggable({ containment:"#maincol", stack: { group: '.word', min: > > 1 } }); > > > > 2) I want a word to be draggable from the word list more than once - > > > at the moment a word can only be dragged once to the blackboard. I am > > > guessing that I need to use the helper 'clone' option here along with > > > the appendTo option??? > > > You have to use the helper 'clone' option, but the appendTo option won't > > help you. > > If helper: 'clone" is activated, the helper is usually removed after you > > drag, > > so you have to do a little more magic here: > > > 1) In the current jQuery UI version, you have to use the 'stop' callback, > > and in that callback, > > clone the helper (from ui.helper) once more, and append it using the > > right position (ui.position). > > > 2) However, due to the popular demand, I've added a new convienient method > > to the newest > > revision in the SVN trunk> Here, you can simply use the option > > 'keepHelper' and set it to true, > > and that's all you want. > > > > Any help with 1) and/or 2) greatly appreciated... > > > > KR & TIA, > > > > Andy > > > -- > > Paul Bakaus > > UI Architect > > --http://paulbakaus.comhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/paulbakaus --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery UI" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-ui?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
