OK, I figured out my problem. The <li> items need to have an ID in the form of "item_1".
On Nov 26, 2:07 pm, René <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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>