sortable questions/help

sortable questions/help


Hello:
Really having a tough time using Sortable. I've been using it in a web
app for over a year now, and with the new version it's not quite as
straight forward. Here goes...this is how I'm calling up Sortables...
$('div#mytest').sortable({
    items: "li.sortableitem",
    axis: "y",
    stop: function(){ update_index_sort(); }
});
I'm not sure if this is ok...now we have the 'connectedwith' option.
What I'm doing here is applying it to a div that holds multiple
ul's...and then I apply it further to the li elements
with .sortableitem.
Now that connectedwith exists...am I still allowed to do this or must
I use it.
What's happen, when I sort I can't return any $
('li.sortableitem').sortable('serialize'); results. Nor can I use
serialize(). Perhaps this is because I have multiple ul's?
Also, when I sort, the stop function seems to either fire too fast or
doesn't work because I will get duplicates...both the sorted li's
original position AND it's new position. This basically kills it right
here.
I'm only using ui.core.js with ui.sortables.js (and of course
jquery.js)...
Any help out there on this one?
Thanks