So I noticed a problem when using helpers and connected sortables, this exists in 1.7.1 not sure about any other version.
Basically if you use a helper and drag an item to a different sortable which has a different display value set (block vs inline) the item in the new sortable goes to the display type of the original sortable and fails to pick up the new style properties even though they're in the style sheet. It works as expected when no helper is used. I put together a little demonstration http://meson.erdc.k12.mn.us/sortable/ Dragging items from the top sortable to the bottom sortable without a helper they change their display to be block as it should but when you drag from the bottom sortable to the top with a helper they never pick up the inline display and thus you get this unexpected result.
