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How did you set up your droppable?
A simple mistake to make is to not realise that the 'accept' parameter
has to be a CSS selector.
E.g.
$('#myexhibitionsouter').droppable(
{
accept: '.draggable',
activeClass: 'dropactive',
hoverClass: 'drophover',
...
});
For the 'accept' parameter I could have done 'input#some_id'
Show us your code if you have more trouble.

Thanks for your comments. I've just cracked it (I think). I was getting
the drop event ok but couldn't work out how to move the dragged div. It
was just sitting where I'd dropped it.
The secret is to use a cloned helper with $('.drag').draggable({helper:
'clone'}); and then move the original draggable div using:
$(".drop").droppable({
accept: ".drag",
tolerance: 'pointer',
activeClass: 'droppable-active',
hoverClass: 'droppable-hover',
drop: function(ev, ui) {
if (this.children.length == 0) {
$(this).append(ui.draggable.element);
}
}
});
I think my problem was that without a helper the draggable div is
converted to position: absolute so that it didn't matter which table
cell it was in.
I just wish I knew more about the DOM.