JQuery sortable lists and fixed/locked items

Question

Is it possible to lock list items in JQuery sortable list in a way that those items will stay in that particular place in the list.

For example,

consider th

Answer 1

Using the items parameter you can achieve what you want like this:

$("#mytable tbody").sortable({items: 'tr.sortable'});

Only rows with a .sortable CSS class can be sorted now.

If you want to lock only the 1st row you can do this:

$("#mytable tbody").sortable({items: 'tr:not(:first)'});

The possibilities are endless...