How can I style jQuery draggable clone?

Question

How can I style jQuery draggable clone with CSS?

Answer 1

There's a better way

jQuery UI has evolved since the answer was posted in 2011.

With current versions of jQuery, the .ui-draggable-dragging class is added to the clone being dragged.

So for example, if you have the following draggable element:

..then the myDraggable element clone will have a red background when it is picked up and dragged.

The helper class is present in jQuery UI 1.7.1 onwards, and it may also be present in some earlier versions but I haven't tracked that down.