thanks!
On Aug 15, 3:32 pm, "Erik Beeson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes, I suggest you have unique IDs. Maybe something like (untested):
>
> <ol><li id="item1">...</li><li id="item2">...</li></ol>
>
> Then on drop do something like:
>
> var newId = 'sort_list_' + drag.id;
> if($('#' + newId).length == 0) { // doesn't exist in this list yet
> $(drag).clone().attr('id', newId).appendTo(this);
>
> }
>
> --Erik
>
> On 8/15/07, jenlindner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > hi, how does one check for the presence of a clone? i need to drag
> > copies of items from one list to another, then make the second list
> > sortable. so, i've been using the revert:true inside the draggable and
> > on drop creating a clone of each item - but, i want to prevent cloning
> > the same item twice. i want to check to see if an item's clone exists
> > before creating one, and only do so if it doesn't. i've been trying
> > this kind of thing:
>
> > if ( $j('#sort_list').find($j(drag).clone()) ){
> > $j(drag).clone().appendTo(this);
> > }
>
> > but it does not return false. i also tried working with .index == -1,
> > but never got that either. do my items need to have unique ids in
> > order for this to work?
>
> > thanks,
> > jen
