reorder list elements - jQuery? [duplicate]

Answer 1

var ul = $("ul");
var li = ul.children("li");

li.detach().sort();
ul.append(li);

This is a simple example where <li> nodes are sorted by in some default order. I'm calling detach to avoid removing any data/events associated with the li nodes.

You can pass a function to sort, and use a custom comparator to do the sorting as well.

li.detach().sort(function(a, b) {
   // use whatever comparison you want between DOM nodes a and b
});

Answer 2

something like this?

​var li = $('ul li').map(function(){
              return this;
         })​.get();
$('ul').html(li.sort());

demo

I was somewhat lost you may be wanting something like this...

$('ul#list li:first').appendTo('ul#list'); // make the first to be last...
$('ul#list li:first').after('ul#list li:eq(1)'); // make first as 2nd...
$('ul#list li:contains(Foo)').appendTo('ul#list'); // make the li that has Foo to be last...

more of it here1 and here2

Answer 3

Have a look at jquery ui sortable

http://jqueryui.com/demos/sortable/

Answer 4

If someone is looking to reorder elements by moving them up/down some list one step at a time...

//element to move
var $el = $(selector);

//move element down one step
if ($el.not(':last-child'))
    $el.next().after($el);

//move element up one step
if ($el.not(':first-child'))
    $el.prev().before($el);

//move element to top
$el.parent().prepend($el);

//move element to end
$el.parent().append($el);

Answer 5

One of my favorite things about jQuery is how easy it is to write tiny little add-ons so quickly.

Here, we've created a small add-on which takes an array of selectors, and uses it to order the children of the target elements.

// Create the add-on

$.fn.orderChildren = function(order) {
	this.each(function() {
		var el = $(this);
		for(var i = order.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
			el.prepend(el.children(order[i]));
		}
	});
	return this;
};


// Call the add-on

$(".user").orderChildren([
	".phone",
	".email",
	".website",
	".name",
	".address"
]);

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<ul class="user">
	<li class="name">Sandy</li>
	<li class="phone">(234) 567-7890</li>
	<li class="address">123 Hello World Street</li>
	<li class="email">someone@email.com</li>
	<li class="website">https://google.com</li>
</ul>
<ul class="user">
	<li class="name">Jon</li>
	<li class="phone">(574) 555-8777</li>
	<li class="address">123 Foobar Street</li>
	<li class="email">jon@email.com</li>
	<li class="website">https://apple.com</li>
</ul>
<ul class="user">
	<li class="name">Sarah</li>
	<li class="phone">(432) 555-5477</li>
	<li class="address">123 Javascript Street</li>
	<li class="email">sarah@email.com</li>
	<li class="website">https://microsoft.com</li>
</ul>

The function loops backwards through the array and uses .prepend so that any unselected elements are pushed to the end.

Answer 6

Here is a jQuery plugin to aid with this functionality: http://tinysort.sjeiti.com/