There's built-in support for this. Just use the helper option, setting the
value to 'clone':
http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Draggable#option-helper

Here are some demos:

http://jqueryui.com/demos/draggable/#visual-feedback

- Richard

On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 5:35 AM, Oliver <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Hi
>
> Basically, I have a <ul> list of <div>s. I would like to be able to
> click & drag on an <li>, and it create a clone of the element which
> becomes a draggable.
>
> You will understand what I'm trying to do by looking at this page:
> http://olivertreend.com/playground/draggable.html
>
> I have the basic functionality there at the moment, but I'd like it if
> the frames would stay in position in the sidebar, and a clone was
> created instead.
>
> Does anybody know of any simple functionality to do this?
>
> I was thinking maybe making the original draggable, and using the
> 'start' event on the draggable to create a clone and sit it directly
> underneath the original. The original would be dragged, leaving the
> clone looking like the original.
>
> Would anybody be able to help me achieve this? Or does anybody have
> any better ideas about how to do this?
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> Oliver
>
> >
>

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