jQWidgets jqxSortable create Event

Last Updated : 25 May, 2022

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

The create event is used to trigger when the sortable widget is created.

Syntax:

$('#jqxSortable').on('create', function () { 
    // Code 
});

Linked Files: Download jQWidgets from the given link https://www.jqwidgets.com/download/. 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/globalize.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxsortable.js”></script>

Example: The below example illustrates the jqxSortable create event 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> 
        <style> 
            #sort { 
                border: 1px solid black; 
                width: 280px; 
                list-style-type: none; 
                line-height: 30px; 
                text-align: center; 
            } 
  
            .item:hover { 
                background-color: green; 
                color: white; 
                line-height: 30px; 
            } 
  
            .sortable-placeholder { 
                background-color: #e1e1e1; 
                height: 30px; 
            } 
        </style> 
    </head> 
  
    <body> 
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        <script type="text/javascript"> 
            $(document).ready(function () { 
                $("#sort").jqxSortable(); 
  
                $("#sort").on("start create", function () { 
                    alert("jqxSortable Widget Created!"); 
                }); 
            }); 
        </script> 
    </body> 
</html> 