jQuery UI Sortable dynamic fixed items

Question

I need some help with getting some items to stay in place in a jquery UI sortable.

I know about JQuery sortable lists and fixed/locked items and it does work quite nicel

Answer 1

You can make container element sortable so that you will not have to worry about new elements:

Demo

HTML:

<ul id="container">
    <li>1</li>
    <li class="fixed">2</li>
    <li>3</li>
    <li class="fixed">4</li>
    <li>5</li>
</ul>

JS:

 $("#container").sortable();