I've used this jQuery example: http://jqueryui.com/sortable/#connect-lists-through-tabs
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$(function() {
$( ".connectedSortable" ).sortable().disableSelection();
var $tabs = $( "#tabs" ).tabs();
var $tab_items = $( "ul:first li", $tabs ).droppable({
accept: ".connectedSortable li",
hoverClass: "ui-state-hover",
drop: function( event, ui ) {
var $item = $( this );
var $list = $( $item.find( "a" ).attr( "href" ) )
.find( ".connectedSortable" );
ui.draggable.hide( "slow", function() {
$tabs.tabs( "option", "active", $tab_items.index( $item ) );
$( this ).appendTo( $list ).show( "slow" );
});
}
});
});
});
</script>
The html:
<div id="tabs">
<ul>
<li><a href="#Category1">Category1</a></li>
<li><a href="#Category2">Category2</a></li>
</ul>
<div id="Category1">
<ul id="sortable-Category1" class="connectedSortable ui-helper-reset">
<li class="ui-state-default">Forum 1</li>
<li class="ui-state-default">Forum 2</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="Category2">
<ul id="sortable-Category2" class="connectedSortable ui-helper-reset">
<li class="ui-state-default">Forum 3</li>
<li class="ui-state-default">Forum 4</li>
</ul>
</div
But now I'd like that when I change something in the list when I reordered an item. I know how to write the changes to the database via AJAX etc, but what method is called when something in the list is dragdropped + how do I implement this in the existing javascript above?
And is there a way that I can get the order of the list in the format '[id-of-the-li-item]-[number in the list]' so that I can use a field in the database named 'order' where the order of the items is specified?
What I want to achieve with this is: I've a forum with Categories & forums. I want to use the code above to order the forums / categories (order of forums in a category and moving forums to other categories)