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A group of sortable elements are reorderable drag/drop components; for example, a list, a grid of elements, or even sorting an interconnected set of elements. Table 9-4 shows the different methods available for sortable elements.
TABLE 9.4: $.sortable() Methods
| METHOD | DESCRIPTION |
| $(selector).sortable(); | Makes selected element sortable. |
| $(selector). sortable (“destroy”); | Removes the sortable functionality completely. This option rolls the selected element back to its initial state. |
| $(selector). sortable (“disable”); | Disables the sortable element. |
| $(selector). sortable (“enable”) | Enables the sortable element. |
| $(selector). sortable (“option”, optionName, “value”); | Gets or sets any sortable element option. If the third argument is omitted, acts as a getter. Otherwise, it sets the optionName with the provided value. |