script.aculo.us Sorting tag Option

The tag option in the Sortable module is used to specify the type of elements that have to be made sortable in the container. Its default value is ‘li’, which is the list element.

Syntax:

 Sortable.create( container_id, {tag: container_type} );

Example 1:

HTML




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  
<head>
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="prototype.js">
    </script>
  
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="scriptaculous.js">
    </script>
  
    <script>
        window.onload = function () {
            Sortable.create(
                'list', { tag: 'li' }
            );
        }
    </script>
      
    <style>
        li {
            cursor: move;
        }
    </style>
</head>
  
<body>
    <ul id="list">
        <li>tag</li>
        <li>overlap</li>
        <li>constraint</li>
        <li>containment</li>
        <li>handle</li>
    </ul>
</body>
  
</html>


Output:

Example 2: In this example, images in a container have been made sortable with the div tag.

HTML




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  
<head>
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="prototype.js">
    </script>
  
    <script type="text/javascript"
        src="scriptaculous.js">
    </script>
  
    <script>
        window.onload = function () {
            Sortable.create(
                'imageContainer',
                { tag: 'div' }
            );
        }
    </script>
      
    <style>
        div {
            cursor: move;
        }
    </style>
</head>
  
<body>
    <div id="imageContainer">
        <div><img src="gfg.png" /></div>
        <div><img src="gfg1.png" /></div>
    </div>
</body>
  
</html>


Output:



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