How do you perform a reset on a JQuery Sortable

Question

I\'m using JQuery Sortable. I\'d like to know if it\'s possible to, after a number of resortings, restore the sortable control back to its original state similar to a form reset

Answer 1

You can cache a copy of the parent on document ready and restore it on reset.

For example, if

is your sortable element:

var sortableCache;
$(document).ready(function() {
    ...
    $('ul.parent').sortable({ ... });
    ...
    sortableCache = $('ul.parent').clone(true);
});

On reset, you can do:

$('ul.parent').replaceWith(sortableCache);