Drag on to sortable

Drag on to sortable


Is it possible to have a sortable react to arbitrary draggables? I
would like to be able to drag elements into a list in any position
plus get the visual feedback of where the element will be placed.
I could, conceivably, apply sortable to my source elements and use
connectWith but I don't want those elements to be rearranged.
Moreover, I want the source draggables to be cloned not moved. I poked
through ui.sortable.js to see about wiring it up myself but (a) the
code was, for me, somewhat impenetrable and (b) I fear it's a brittle
solution that's likely to break as jQuery UI evolves. Suggestions?
Thanks,
Eric