I figured it out: $('.ui-draggable:last') is the name / way to address
the clone you're currently dragging.
Thought I'd post the solution here in case anyone else runs into this
problem and does a search.

On Jan 26, 5:03 am, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Problem:
>
> I'm dragging a clone helper. During the drag I want to add some text
> to the item being dragged (and also have it available when it hits a
> droppable, but that's another story). I've tried appending $(this) in
> the drag() section, but it just continuously adds the text to the
> original draggable element.
>
> So my questions:
> -how do I address / manipulate the cloned item during the drag- and
> have it only fire once. Ideally I'd want to create a unique id per
> dragged item for later use, so once I know how to address the clone I
> should be able to add an ID.
> - is there a way to destroy draggability for the original item once
> it's been successfully dropped? The items being dragged do not have a
> unique id  and I don't want to give them one - they just need to stay
> part of a class.
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