jQuery sortable obtain 2 elements being swapped

Question

I cannot find out how to obtain destination element with jQuery UI sortable.

    $(\"#pages\").sortable({
        opacity: 0.6,
        update: function(even         


        

Answer 1

Try using the serialize function which gives you a hash of the list of items in order.

If you just need the item that the new item go dropped before you can do this:

$("#pages").sortable({
    opacity: 0.6,
    update: function(event, ui) {
        var first = ui.item; // First element to swap
        var second = ui.item.prev();
        swapOnServer(first, second);
    }
});

second will be null if its at the start of the list.