Use only div or li elements as placeholder.

farhadi · farhadi · commit b2e32484c051 · 2012-07-27T09:16:51.000+04:30
diff --git a/jquery.sortable.js b/jquery.sortable.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ $.fn.sortable = function(options) {
 			return;
 		}
 		var isHandle, index, items = $(this).children(options.items);
-		var placeholder = $('<' + items[0].tagName + ' class="sortable-placeholder">');
+		var placeholder = $('<' + (/^ul|ol$/i.test(this.tagName) ? 'li' : 'div') + ' class="sortable-placeholder">');
 		items.find(options.handle).mousedown(function() {
 			isHandle = true;
 		}).mouseup(function() {

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ $.fn.sortable = function(options) {`
`22`	`22`	`return;`
`23`	`23`	`}`
`24`	`24`	`var isHandle, index, items = $(this).children(options.items);`
`25`		`- var placeholder = $('<' + items[0].tagName + ' class="sortable-placeholder">');`
	`25`	`+ var placeholder = $('<' + (/^ul\|ol$/i.test(this.tagName) ? 'li' : 'div') + ' class="sortable-placeholder">');`
`26`	`26`	`items.find(options.handle).mousedown(function() {`
`27`	`27`	`isHandle = true;`
`28`	`28`	`}).mouseup(function() {`