A minimalist JavaScript library for reorderable drag-and-drop lists

$ npm install sortablejs --save

$ bower install --save sortablejs

<ul id="items">
	<li>item 1</li>
	<li>item 2</li>
	<li>item 3</li>
</ul>

var el = document.getElementById('items');
var sortable = Sortable.create(el);

var sortable = new Sortable(el, {
	group: "name",  // or { name: "...", pull: [true, false, clone], put: [true, false, array] }
	sort: true,  // sorting inside list
	delay: 0, // time in milliseconds to define when the sorting should start
	touchStartThreshold: 0, // px, how many pixels the point should move before cancelling a delayed drag event
	disabled: false, // Disables the sortable if set to true.
	store: null,  // @see Store
	animation: 150,  // ms, animation speed moving items when sorting, `0` — without animation
	handle: ".my-handle",  // Drag handle selector within list items
	filter: ".ignore-elements",  // Selectors that do not lead to dragging (String or Function)
	preventOnFilter: true, // Call `event.preventDefault()` when triggered `filter`
	draggable: ".item",  // Specifies which items inside the element should be draggable
	ghostClass: "sortable-ghost",  // Class name for the drop placeholder
	chosenClass: "sortable-chosen",  // Class name for the chosen item
	dragClass: "sortable-drag",  // Class name for the dragging item
	dataIdAttr: 'data-id',

	forceFallback: false,  // ignore the HTML5 DnD behaviour and force the fallback to kick in

	fallbackClass: "sortable-fallback",  // Class name for the cloned DOM Element when using forceFallback
	fallbackOnBody: false,  // Appends the cloned DOM Element into the Document's Body
	fallbackTolerance: 0, // Specify in pixels how far the mouse should move before it's considered as a drag.

	scroll: true, // or HTMLElement
	scrollFn: function(offsetX, offsetY, originalEvent, touchEvt, hoverTargetEl) { ... }, // if you have custom scrollbar scrollFn may be used for autoscrolling
	scrollSensitivity: 30, // px, how near the mouse must be to an edge to start scrolling.
	scrollSpeed: 10, // px

	setData: function (/** DataTransfer */dataTransfer, /** HTMLElement*/dragEl) {
		dataTransfer.setData('Text', dragEl.textContent); // `dataTransfer` object of HTML5 DragEvent
	},

	// Element is chosen
	onChoose: function (/**Event*/evt) {
		evt.oldIndex;  // element index within parent
	},

	// Element dragging started
	onStart: function (/**Event*/evt) {
		evt.oldIndex;  // element index within parent
	},

	// Element dragging ended
	onEnd: function (/**Event*/evt) {
		var itemEl = evt.item;  // dragged HTMLElement
		evt.to;    // target list
		evt.from;  // previous list
		evt.oldIndex;  // element's old index within old parent
		evt.newIndex;  // element's new index within new parent
	},

	// Element is dropped into the list from another list
	onAdd: function (/**Event*/evt) {
		// same properties as onEnd
	},

	// Changed sorting within list
	onUpdate: function (/**Event*/evt) {
		// same properties as onEnd
	},

	// Called by any change to the list (add / update / remove)
	onSort: function (/**Event*/evt) {
		// same properties as onEnd
	},

	// Element is removed from the list into another list
	onRemove: function (/**Event*/evt) {
		// same properties as onEnd
	},

	// Attempt to drag a filtered element
	onFilter: function (/**Event*/evt) {
		var itemEl = evt.item;  // HTMLElement receiving the `mousedown|tapstart` event.
	},

	// Event when you move an item in the list or between lists
	onMove: function (/**Event*/evt, /**Event*/originalEvent) {
		// Example: http://jsbin.com/tuyafe/1/edit?js,output
		evt.dragged; // dragged HTMLElement
		evt.draggedRect; // TextRectangle {left, top, right и bottom}
		evt.related; // HTMLElement on which have guided
		evt.relatedRect; // TextRectangle
		originalEvent.clientY; // mouse position
		// return false; — for cancel
	},

	// Called when creating a clone of element
	onClone: function (/**Event*/evt) {
		var origEl = evt.item;
		var cloneEl = evt.clone;
	}
});

var sortable = Sortable.create(list);

document.getElementById("switcher").onclick = function () {
	var state = sortable.option("disabled"); // get

	sortable.option("disabled", !state); // set
};

Sortable.create(el, {
	handle: ".my-handle"
});

<ul>
	<li><span class="my-handle">::</span> list item text one
	<li><span class="my-handle">::</span> list item text two
</ul>

.my-handle {
	cursor: move;
	cursor: -webkit-grabbing;
}

Sortable.create(list, {
	filter: ".js-remove, .js-edit",
	onFilter: function (evt) {
		var item = evt.item,
			ctrl = evt.target;

		if (Sortable.utils.is(ctrl, ".js-remove")) {  // Click on remove button
			item.parentNode.removeChild(item); // remove sortable item
		}
		else if (Sortable.utils.is(ctrl, ".js-edit")) {  // Click on edit link
			// ...
		}
	}
})

.ghost {
  opacity: 0.4;
}

Sortable.create(list, {
  ghostClass: "ghost"
});

.chosen {
  color: #fff;
  background-color: #c00;
}

Sortable.create(list, {
  delay: 500,
  chosenClass: "chosen"
});

var order = sortable.toArray();
sortable.sort(order.reverse()); // apply

<ul>
	<li data-id="1">order</li>
	<li data-id="2">save</li>
	<li data-id="3">restore</li>
</ul>

Sortable.create(el, {
	group: "localStorage-example",
	store: {
		/**
		 * Get the order of elements. Called once during initialization.
		 * @param   {Sortable}  sortable
		 * @returns {Array}
		 */
		get: function (sortable) {
			var order = localStorage.getItem(sortable.options.group.name);
			return order ? order.split('|') : [];
		},

		/**
		 * Save the order of elements. Called onEnd (when the item is dropped).
		 * @param {Sortable}  sortable
		 */
		set: function (sortable) {
			var order = sortable.toArray();
			localStorage.setItem(sortable.options.group.name, order.join('|'));
		}
	}
})

<!-- Latest compiled and minified CSS -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css"/>


<!-- Latest Sortable -->
<script src="http://rubaxa.github.io/Sortable/Sortable.js"></script>


<!-- Simple List -->
<ul id="simpleList" class="list-group">
	<li class="list-group-item">This is <a href="http://rubaxa.github.io/Sortable/">Sortable</a></li>
	<li class="list-group-item">It works with Bootstrap...</li>
	<li class="list-group-item">...out of the box.</li>
	<li class="list-group-item">It has support for touch devices.</li>
	<li class="list-group-item">Just drag some elements around.</li>
</ul>

<script>
    // Simple list
    Sortable.create(simpleList, { /* options */ });
</script>

<!-- jsDelivr :: Sortable (https://www.jsdelivr.com/package/npm/sortablejs) -->
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/sortablejs@1.6.1/Sortable.min.js"></script>


<!-- jsDelivr :: Sortable :: Latest (https://www.jsdelivr.com/package/npm/sortablejs) -->
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/sortablejs@latest/Sortable.min.js"></script>

  cd Sortable
  npm install
  grunt jquery

  $("#list").sortable({ /* options */ }); // init

  $("#list").sortable("widget"); // get Sortable instance

  $("#list").sortable("destroy"); // destroy Sortable instance

  $("#list").sortable("{method-name}"); // call an instance method

  $("#list").sortable("{method-name}", "foo", "bar"); // call an instance method with parameters