Can someone tell me why serialize returns nothing?
<ul id="sort"> <li id="1">123</li> <li id="2">abc </li> <li id="3">456</li> <li id="4">xyz</li> </ul> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/ libs/jquery/1.2.6/jquery.min.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/ libs/jqueryui/1.5.2/jquery-ui.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> $('#sort').sortable({ cursor: 'move', axis: 'y', update: function() { sorted = $(this).sortable("serialize", 'id'); alert (sorted); } }); </script>