jQuery UI and Splitter

Question

Using jQuery UI, how can I use a Splitter kind of feature like the one at http://methvin.com/splitter/3csplitter.html?

I am asking this as I need 2 things to be implemented on my page; Portlet (Draggable) :: http://jqueryui.com/sortable/#portlets and Vertical Splitter :: http://methvin.com/splitter/3csplitter.html

I am not sure how good coding practice it is if I am including 2 separate libraries (even though both are jQuery based); like http://host.sonspring.com/portlets/ for Portlets and http://methvin.com/splitter/3csplitter.html for Splitter

Answer 1

Here is an example on how to create the splitter using jQuery UI:

HTML:

<div class="wrap">
    <div class="resizable resizable1"></div>
    <div class="resizable resizable2"></div>
</div>

Script:

$(function () 
{
    $(".resizable1").resizable(
    {
        autoHide: true,
        handles: 'e',
        resize: function(e, ui) 
        {
            var parent = ui.element.parent();
            var remainingSpace = parent.width() - ui.element.outerWidth(),
                divTwo = ui.element.next(),
                divTwoWidth = (remainingSpace - (divTwo.outerWidth() - divTwo.width()))/parent.width()*100+"%";
                divTwo.width(divTwoWidth);
        },
        stop: function(e, ui) 
        {
            var parent = ui.element.parent();
            ui.element.css(
            {
                width: ui.element.width()/parent.width()*100+"%",
            });
        }
    });
});

This is a popular script. I've added little modifications for the fluid layout.

jsFiddle example