If I do "jquery sortable" on a contenteditable item(s), I then can't focus mouse anywhere inside contenteditable text anymore
Strangely this is broken only in Firefox and Opera (IE, Chrome and Safari works as it should).
Any suggestions for a quick fix?
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.2/jquery-ui.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#sortable').sortable();
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<span id="sortable">
<p contenteditable="true">One apple</p>
<p>Two pears</p>
<p>Three oranges</p>
</span>
</body>
</html>
Answer
I have found another "solution" to this problem.
When declaring your sortable, you should add a cancel: option like this:
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.2/jquery-ui.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#sortable').sortable({cancel: ':input,button,.contenteditable'});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<span id="sortable">
<p contenteditable="true" class="contenteditable">One apple</p>
<p>Two pears</p>
<p>Three oranges</p>
</span>
</body>
</html>
This version does not force your cursor at the start, but you also can't drag using this field. I'd advice wrapping the <p> in a container which has some sort of dragging handle (like the dots at the start of every row in gmail).
side remark: ':input,button' is required, because that is the default option. If you do not add these, you get similar problems with inputfields and buttons.