jQuery UI Sortable axis Option

jQuery UI Sortable Widget axis option is used to define the items that can be dragged only horizontally or vertically. Its possible values are – “x”, “y”.

Syntax:

$( ".selector" ).sortable({
  axis: "x"
});

Approach: First, add jQuery UI scripts needed for your project.

<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css”>

<script src=”https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js”></script>

<script src=”https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js”></script>

Example:

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html lang="en"> 
  
<head> 
    <meta charset="utf-8"> 
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> 
  
    <link rel="stylesheet" 
    href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">    
    <script 
         src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script 
         src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js"> 
    </script> 
    <style> 
        #sortable { 
            list-style-type: none; 
            width: 50%; 
        } 
  
        #sortable li { 
            margin: 10px 0; 
            padding: 0.5em; 
            font-size: 25px; 
            height: 20px; 
        } 
    </style> 
  
    <script> 
        $(function () { 
            $("#sortable").sortable({ 
                axis: "x" 
            }); 
        }); 
    </script> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <center> 
        <h1 style="color: green;">w3wiki</h1> 
  
        <h4>jQuery UI Sortable Widget axis Option</h4> 
  
        <ul id="sortable"> 
            <li class="ui-state-default">BCD</li> 
            <li class="ui-state-default">CAB</li> 
            <li class="ui-state-default">BAC</li> 
            <li class="ui-state-default">BCA</li> 
            <li class="ui-state-default">ABC</li> 
        </ul> 
    </center> 
</body> 
  
</html>

Output:

Tags:

#jQuery-UI #JQuery #Web Technologies

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