Many thanks - another question (sorry), is it possible to save the
positions of the boxes after they've been moved around on the page?
On Apr 9, 1:10 pm, "Richard D. Worth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In this case, if you decide to make use of UI sortables, you can handle the
> start and stop. Each is a passed a ui hash as the second parameter, which
> includes a helper property. Here's an example:
>
> $("#myList").sortable({
> start: function(ev, ui) {
> $(ui.helper).addClass("rounded");
> },
> stop: function(ev, ui) {
> $(ui.helper).removeClass("rounded");
> }
>
> });
>
> The full docs are at
>
> http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Sortables/sortable#options
>
> Here's a full layout/portlets demo:
>
> http://dev.jquery.com/view/trunk/ui/demos/real-world/layout/
>
> Also, there's a dedicated jQuery UI mailing list, if you have any further
> questions:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-ui
>
> - Richard
>
> Richard D. Worthhttp://rdworth.org/
>
> On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 4:45 AM, vneal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi there, thanks again for the replies.
>
> > The .sortHelper class indicates to the user where the panels can be
> > moved to. What I'm actually after is like the bbc.co.uk have, where
> > when you pick up a panel (eg. news), a grey, curved border appears
> > around the whole panel itself, (assuming it must be set of .pngs) and
> > when you drop the panel in it's place, the 'border' element
> > disappears. I hope this makes sense.
>
> > Thanks
>
> > On Apr 8, 10:36 pm, ripple <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > If you review the css and ready() function you will see something that
> > looks like:
>
> > > helperclass: 'sortHelper',
>
> > > .sortHelper { border: 3px dashed #666; width: auto !important; }
> > > That should help.
>
> > > Andy Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > I'd think you'd just apply a class to the object during the drag
> > process. If
> > > there's an onStart method, that would probably be your best bet.
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
>
> > > Behalf Of vneal
> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 3:15 PM
> > > To: jQuery (English)
> > > Subject: [jQuery] Re: Drag and Drop question
>
> > > Hi, that demo is pretty much the same as i've used - but thanks for
> > letting
> > > me know re the updated version, i shall look there in future.
>
> > > As i've said before, i'm relatively new at this so really have no idea
> > on
> > > how i would add the 'border effect' on the drag state. I'm thinking i
> > might
> > > need to apply it with the onStart function - though this is just a stab
> > in
> > > the dark. Any ideas?
>
> > > On Apr 8, 8:19 pm, "Andy Matthews"
> > > wrote:
> > > > There's a much newer version of the drag and drop found in the jQuery
> > > > UI. I don't believe that the Interface plugins are being supported any
> > > more:
>
> > > >http://ui.jquery.com
> > > > andhttp://dev.jquery.com/view/trunk/ui/demos/ui.draggable.html
>
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > On
>
> > > > Behalf Of vneal
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 1:03 PM
> > > > To: jQuery (English)
> > > > Subject: [jQuery] Drag and Drop question
>
> > > > Hi, can anyone help?
>
> > > > A client has asked me to replicate the new BBC.co.uk homepage, with
> > > > the drag and drop boxes. I've found a demo which pretty much does
> > > > everything -http://interface.eyecon.ro/demos/sort.html-, but the only
> > > thing that is missing are the borders that appear when you pick up a
> > box.
>
> > > > Does anyone have any idea on how to do this? Apologies if it's a
> > > > really obvious thing but i am relatively new to JQuery so any help you
> > > > can give would be greatly appreciated.
>
> > > > Thanks
>
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