# Sortable Lists

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sortable-lists/192057>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 23, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sortable-lists/192057 "2010-07-23T02:42:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![thereddestruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@thereddestruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thereddestruby)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sortable-lists/192057/1 "2010-07-23T02:42:27Z")

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So I have been assigned to make a sortable list, similar to the To-Do  
lists feature in Basecamp. Actually, exactly the same. What’s the best  
way to go about this nowadays? I have not had much success with the  
Railscasts on sortable lists. I’m using jQuery.

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

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**Author:** ![thereddestruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@thereddestruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thereddestruby)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 7:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sortable-lists/192057/2 "2010-07-23T07:21:35Z")

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thereddestruby wrote:

> So I have been assigned to make a sortable list, similar to the To-Do  
> lists feature in Basecamp. Actually, exactly the same. What’s the best  
> way to go about this nowadays? I have not had much success with the  
> Railscasts on sortable lists. I’m using jQuery.

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