draggables and breaking out of hidden-overflow boxes

draggables and breaking out of hidden-overflow boxes


I apologize if this has been addressed before, but my search-fu can't
find anything on it.
I'm trying to implement a simple drag-and-drop between two unordered
lists that have their overflow hidden and/or scrollable. The dragging
was dead-simple, but I can't get the dragged item to "break out" of
the box. Is there any way to have the dragged item float (for lack of
a better term) above other elements on the page? I'm sure I'm not the
only one to experience this. Thanks.