clone node on drag
Mark,
Try this example:
$(document).ready(function(){ $(".objectDrag").draggable({helper:'clone'}); $("#garbageCollector").droppable({ accept: ".objectDrag", drop: function(event,ui){ console.log("Item was Dropped"); $(this).append($(ui.draggable).clone()); } }); });
And the Html looks like this
<div class="objectDrag" style="width:10%; color:white;border:black 1px solid; background-color:#00A">Drag me</div> <div id="garbageCollector" style="width:100%; height:400px; background-color:#333; color:white;"> Drop items on me</div>
Since I'm not able to comment (yet) I'll leave this as a separate answer - in case someone, like me, will find this question:
For the question from comment
"But I want the cloned/dropped element to be in the same position it was dropped. do you know how i can do it?"
I've found solution in different SO question, and the answer is to change this line:
$(this).append($(ui.draggable).clone());
to
$(this).append($(ui.helper).clone());
(change ui.draggable to ui.helper)
Hope it helps.
To re-drag the clone/copy, set the withDataAndEvents
argument to true:
$(this).append($(ui.draggable).clone(*true*));