jQuery UI Sortable: Multi-item select

Question

I'd like to (via a keyboard operator) select multiple items in an unordered list and drag them to another point in the same list with jQuery Sortable.

Answer 1

I couldn't find much info about this sort of functionality, so I worked on this today. Got a rough (working) draft online.

It uses a new container to grab grouped items on sort-start and then on sort-stop empties them to where the dragged item was dropped.

Also uses the ESC key to revert while dragging a group.

Only tested in Safari and FF.