Jquery sortable 'change' event element position

Question

Is there way to get current position of helper being dragged on over new position ?

$(\"#sortable\").sortable({
        start: function (event, ui) {
                


        

Answer 1

This works for me:

start: function(event, ui) {
        var start_pos = ui.item.index();
        ui.item.data('start_pos', start_pos);
    },
update: function (event, ui) {
        var start_pos = ui.item.data('start_pos');
        var end_pos = ui.item.index();
        //$('#sortable li').removeClass('highlights');
    }