Try using Sortable.create($('element_id'),  { tree: true, treeTag:
'ul' } );

made an example on http://dizyart.com/unit_tests/sortables.unit.php

On Nov 21, 9:40 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> What would be the way to go if I need finer-grained control on what
> draggables are accepted by a certain droppable?
> I have a directory-tree-like structure, where elements (files,
> directories) can get dragged to new positions in the tree.
> File-elements are of different types (images, sound, text).
> Now, at first it was easy, certain folders would not accept files of
> certain types (sound folder will not accept images for example).
> This was easily handled by the 'accept' option in droppables, since I
> give those image-file-elements the 'image' class.
> Now, since folders can be dragged too, I need a little more fine-
> grained control, since the 'sounds' folder should not allow folders
> that contain images to be dropped on it.
> Also, on some folders I want to limit the tree-depth, so for example
> if a folder containing files and a subfolder is dropped somewhere,
> it's OK, but if the folder has sub-sub-folders, it's not. (total depth
> can only be 4 for example).
>
> One way I thought of solving this is by using classnames like
> 'folder_containing_images'  or 'folder_with_2_sublevels" on every
> element, but this would quickly become tedious to do since there are
> many many combinations.
> To automate the process, a lot of code would be needed to adjust
> classnames when the tree-structure changes.
>
> It would be much nicer if the 'accept' option would also allow a
> function as its argument. The function should be passed the draggable,
> so it can apply the 'business-rules' to return true or false.
>
> I checked the dragdrop.js source and it seems I need to overrule
> Droppables.isAffected().
> I also saw there is a onHover callback which I think can be used
> instead of 'accept' to manually add/remove the hoverclass after
> checking business-rules, but I think this will not stop people from
> dropping a not-allowed element anyway (without the visual clues that
> the hoverclass provides).
>
> So my guess is I should wrap isAffected.
> Am I right?
> Or does someone have a better way?
>
> Thanks,
> Mathijs
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