Ability to drag a new item into a Sortable object injecting the hint instead of the element itself

[Paul]

Hi, 

I would like to drag an element external from a Sortable and have it inject the Hint instead of the actual element.  I don't want the current element to be injected but a sub-element to be injected into the Sortable object.

How does this work?  I know that jQuery UI supports this but I want to stick with KendoUI.

[Alexander Valchev]

Hi Paul,

I am not sure if I understood correctly what you would like to achieve but the Sortable widget does not provide opportunity for dragging elements located outside of the widget container. Such scenario suggests using Kendo Dran'n'Drop components instead of the Sortable widget.

• http://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/dragdrop/index

Regards,
Alexander Valchev
Telerik

 

 

[Paul]

Hi Alexander,

Here is a link to a site that I am trying to replicate.

http://www.layoutit.com/build

My grid system is a Sortable and the canvas area is also a sortable.  Is this not the correct use case?  I want to be able to start dragging the grid system item and have the hint show up.  I also want to have the hint portion be what is dropped onto the sortable area.  If you play with the referenced link, you will see what I am trying to achieve.

Is this possible with KendoUI?

[Alexander Valchev]

Hello Paul,

Thank you for the additional information.

The Sortable widget does not support the functionality you are looking for and is not intended to be used in such scenarios. I am afraid that we cannot offer a build-in solution (widget) that you can use to replicate the site you referenced. My suggestion is to try developing a custom reordering logic using the Kendo Drag'n'Drop components which will provide drag and drop events and hint functionality.

Regards,
Alexander Valchev
Telerik