# Sortable\_element and new ul **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [September 21, 2010, 7:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sortable-element-and-new-ul/195285 "2010-09-21T07:10:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/paulbutcher)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 7:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sortable-element-and-new-ul/195285/1 "2010-09-21T07:10:31Z")
I have a sortable\_element, as a tree. I works great to add and remove from an existing sub list. But how do you create a new list under one element that doesn’t have a sub list before? ---
**Author:** ![paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/paulbutcher)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 9:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sortable-element-and-new-ul/195285/2 "2010-09-21T21:26:11Z")
Not sure what you are asking, but maybe you could check into RJS and ‘insert\_html’? ---
**Author:** ![paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/paulbutcher)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sortable-element-and-new-ul/195285/3 "2010-09-21T21:34:34Z")
pepe wrote: > Not sure what you are asking, but maybe you could check into RJS and > ‘insert\_html’? - One - Two - Three How do you drag Three so it’s placed under One, like: - One - Three - Two ---
**Author:** ![paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/paulbutcher)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sortable-element-and-new-ul/195285/4 "2010-09-21T21:56:03Z")
I might be wrong, but I think that what you’re trying to do will need some manual work. I have never done what you’re trying to accomplish but if I were trying to do the same thing I would first think about making One a dropable element. The problem I can see, however, is hat the and tags are going to be missing. If I were in your position I would see if I can write some Javascript that inserts the tags around your - element if they are not already there when the element is dropped. I’m sorry I can’t be of much help. ---
**Author:** ![paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/paulbutcher)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sortable-element-and-new-ul/195285/5 "2010-09-21T21:59:33Z")
Sorry, not to make One a dropable element but to be able to receive dropable elements. ---
**Author:** ![paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/paulbutcher)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 10:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sortable-element-and-new-ul/195285/6 "2010-09-21T22:03:25Z")
pepe wrote: > I might be wrong, but I think that what you’re trying to do will need > some manual work. I have never done what you’re trying to accomplish > but if I were trying to do the same thing I would first think about > making One a dropable element. The problem I can see, however, is hat > the > > and > tags are going to be missing. > > If I were in your position I would see if I can write some Javascript > that inserts the > > tags around your - element if they are not > already there when the element is dropped. > > I’m sorry I can’t be of much help. Thanks. I do have a manual solution but I hoped for an existing solution.