method

sortable_element

Importance_3
v1.1.6 - Show latest stable - 4 notes - Class: ActionView::Helpers::ScriptaculousHelper
sortable_element(element_id, options = {}) public

Makes the element with the DOM ID specified by element_id sortable by drag-and-drop and make an Ajax call whenever the sort order has changed. By default, the action called gets the serialized sortable element as parameters.

Example: 

  <%= sortable_element("my_list", :url => { :action => "order" }) %>

In the example, the action gets a "my_list" array parameter containing the values of the ids of elements the sortable consists of, in the current order.

You can change the behaviour with various options, see http://script.aculo.us for more documentation.

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October 22, 2008
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Regenerate the JavaScript after each RJS call

I had a sortable_element that was also a drop_receiving_element. After an element was dropped onto this div, an RJS action refreshed the div with the new elements. The div expanded with these new elements, but the sortable portion remained the same size.

To correctly be able to reorder elements after an Element.update call (from an RJS action or wherever), you need to include a second call to Sortable.create in your RJS view (or other JavaScript), using sortable_element_js or whatever method you please.

November 20, 2008 - (<= v2.1.0)
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Problematic :scroll option

If you use the :scroll => true option, note that at http://github.com/madrobby/scriptaculous/wikis/sortable-create it says:

“If you want your sortable list to be scrollable, wrap the list in a div and set the div to scrollable as apposed to making the ul element scrollable. Also, in IE you must set “position:relative” on the scrollable div.”

July 30, 2009
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can we use both sortable_element and drop_recieving_element on same list

I had a sortable_element that was also a drop_receiving_element. element it’s dropping while dropping element into selected container ,but not element dragging is not viewble to end users. it’s dragging only in sortable list area. but mu droppble contanier is another one.i used scroll => true in sortable_element . but its not working for sorting and dropping element into contianer. could u letme know how to use both methods on same list

September 18, 2009
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Regenerate the JavaScript after each RJS call

RISCfuture - I had trouble using sortable_element_js in my rjs (javascript error when I used options), but had success with page.sortable(‘the_id’,{a_hash_of_my_options}) in my rjs