jQWidgets jqxSortable placeholderShow Property

Last Updated : 23 May, 2022

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. jqxSortable represents a jQuery plugin that allows you to reorder elements in an Html list or div tags using the mouse.

The placeholderShow Property is used to set or return the class name that applied some styles on the placeholder. It accepts String/Boolean type values and its default value is “original”.

Syntax:

Set the placeholderShow property:

$('Selector').jqxSortable({placeholderShow: 'sortable-placeholder'});

Return the placeholderShow property:

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

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/globalize.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxsortable.js”></script>

Example: The below example illustrates the jqxSortable placeholderShow 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> 
    <style> 
        #sort1 { 
            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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    </div> 
    <script type="text/javascript"> 
        $(document).ready(function() { 
            $("#sort1").jqxSortable({ 
                placeholderShow: "sortable-placeholder", 
            }); 
        }); 
    </script> 
</body> 
</html>