jQWidgets jqxSortable dropOnEmpty Property

Last Updated : 14 Nov, 2021

jQWidgets is a JavaScript framework for making web-based applications for PC and mobile devices. It is a very powerful and optimized framework, platform-independent, and widely supported. The jqxSortable represents a jQuery plugin that allows you to reorder elements in an Html list or div tags using the mouse.

The dropOnEmpty property is used to enable or disable if the sortable can be dragged at empty or not. It accepts boolean type values and its default value is true.

Syntax:

It is used to set the dropOnEmpty property.

$('Selector').jqxSortable({ dropOnEmpty : boolean });

It is used to return the dropOnEmpty property.

var dropOnEmpty = $('Selector').jqxSortable('dropOnEmpty');

Linked Files: Download jQWidgets from the given link. In the HTML file, locate the script files in the downloaded folder.

<link type=”text/css” rel=”Stylesheet” href=”jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css” />
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”scripts/jquery-1.11.1.min.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxcore.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/globalization/gloōbalize.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxsortable.js”></script>

Example: The below example illustrates the jqxSortable dropOnEmpty property in jQWidgets.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html lang="en"> 
    
<head> 
    <link type="text/css" rel="Stylesheet" 
          href="jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css" /> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="scripts/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqxcore.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/globalization/globalize.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqxsortable.js"> 
    </script> 
</head> 
    
<body> 
    <h1 style="color: green"> 
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    </h1> 
    <h3>jQWidgets jqxSortable dropOnEmpty property</h3> 
    <div id="sort1"> 
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        <div><li>Python</li></div> 
        <div><li>HTML</li></div> 
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    </div>   
  
    <br/> 
  
    <div id="sort2"> 
        <span>Empty sortable</span> 
        <br/> 
    </div>  
    
    <script type="text/javascript"> 
        $(document).ready(function () { 
            $("#sort1").jqxSortable({ 
               connectWith: "#sort2", 
               dropOnEmpty: false 
            }); 
  
            $("#sort2").jqxSortable({ 
               connectWith: "#sort1", 
            }); 
        }); 
    </script> 
</body> 
  
</html>