Well, it seems that this is exactly what you want:
http://ui.jquery.com/demos/sortable/#connect-lists :)

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Bohdan

On Feb 5, 12:32 pm, dirk w <[email protected]> wrote:
> hi bohdan,
> thanks for offering your help! i can't figure it out, even with the
> examples.
>
> what works already:
> i have a list of images which are draggable. they can get dropped on
> various places on the site as well as on a Tab.
> if dropped on a Tab they appear (append()) to an other list. in this
> list they are still draggable (so you can still drop them on those
> various places).
>
> the only thing i would like to do now is:
> the second list (where the elements appear after they got dropped on
> the tab) should be sortable. i mean people should drag those images
> around and arrange them new (like in this 
> example:http://ui.jquery.com/demos/sortable/#display-grid)
>
> i tried to just make the second list droppable, but this leads to
> problems with jquery (i get funny errors in firebug). i thought maybe
> its because this list gets new elements all the time, so i declared
> the second list as sortable every time a new item gets attached. but
> this leads to a similar odd error.
>
> maybe i need to use the "connectToSortable" for my draggable elements,
> but i am not sure ho to use it.
>
> your help is much appreciated!
> dirk
>
> On 5 Feb., 12:10, Bohdan Ganicky <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hi Dirk,
> > check out the "Draggable + Sortable" 
> > demo:http://ui.jquery.com/demos/draggable/#sortable
> > It could be a good starting point. Hope that helps. If not, let me
> > know and I'll try to help you more.
>
> > --
> > Bohdan
>
> > On Feb 5, 11:23 am, dirk w <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > hi bohdan,
> > > i changed my mind (since i just couldn't figure out how to do it like
> > > i wanted). from now on the elements will not get copied, there's
> > > always just one instance of an element (this is probably less
> > > confusing to the user).
>
> > > but now i got a new problem, this time with sortable
>
> > > i have 2 ULs with LIs (which contain just 1 IMG)
> > > it's possible to drag an LI from the first list on top of an TAB. if
> > > dropped on the tab than the LI gets added to the second list. that
> > > works fine.
> > > but i would like to make this second list sortable.
> > > so if you drop an element on the tab than this should get added to the
> > > second list AND should be sortable in this second list (And still
> > > drag&droppable).
> > > the way i add items to the seconds list is this:
>
> > > // if result gets dropped on Playlist Tab than load it's Thumbnail and
> > > Data to the Playlist
> > >         $(".playlist").droppable(
> > >         {
> > >                 accept: ".searchResultEntry",
> > >                 hoverClass: "videoDropHover",
> > >                 drop: function(ev, ui)
> > >                 {
> > >                         if ($("#nextSongsList > 
> > > .searchResultEntry").length < 14)
> > >                         {
> > >                                 $("#nextSongsList").append(ui.draggable);
> > >                         }
> > >                 }
> > >         });
>
> > > when i tried to make it sortable, than the items lost their draggable
> > > functionality :(
>
> > > dirk
>
> > > On 4 Feb., 16:27, Bohdan Ganicky <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > So you want the draggable to clone itself and still be draggable and
> > > > clonable again? Can you briefly describe the whole desired
> > > > functionality?
>
> > > > --
> > > > Bohdan
>
> > > > On Feb 3, 6:26 pm, dirk w <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > oh, that's odd. on the second sight it doesn't work.
> > > > > by using .append(ui.draggable.clone()); the clone seems to be not
> > > > > draggable anymore.
> > > > > by making it draggable (directly after it got cloned) it seems to get
> > > > > copied twice.
>
> > > > > have you heard about that?
>
> > > > > On 3 Feb., 18:09, dirk w <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > works like a charm, thanks
> > > > > > dirk
>
> > > > > > On 3 Feb., 17:21, Bohdan Ganicky <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > > what about this:
>
> > > > > > > $('.draggable').draggable({
> > > > > > >     helper: 'clone'});
>
> > > > > > > $('#droppable').droppable({
> > > > > > >     accept: '.draggable',
> > > > > > >     drop: function(ev, ui) {
> > > > > > >         $(this).append(ui.draggable.clone());
> > > > > > >     }
>
> > > > > > > });
>
> > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > Bohdan
>
> > > > > > > On Feb 3, 3:51 pm, dirk w <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > hello ui community!
> > > > > > > > i would like to drop a draggable object and than append() it to 
> > > > > > > > an
> > > > > > > > other list.
>
> > > > > > > > but i dislike that the draggable object than get's removed from 
> > > > > > > > it's
> > > > > > > > original place (i mean the place where it was before dropping 
> > > > > > > > it)
>
> > > > > > > > is it possible to create a copy of the draggable object and than
> > > > > > > > appending this one to the second place? so the real draggable 
> > > > > > > > object
> > > > > > > > would still stay at it's original place.
>
> > > > > > > > your help is much appreciated
> > > > > > > > dirk
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