How to Disable Jquery UI Draggable

Question

I want to disable jquery draggable during an update panel post back. help?

Answer 1

Could create a DisableDrag(myObject) and a EnableDrag(myObject) function

myObject.draggable( 'disable' )

Then

myObject.draggable( 'enable' )

Answer 2

It took me a little while to figure out how to disable draggable on drop—use ui.draggable to reference the object being dragged from inside the drop function:

$("#drop-target").droppable({
    drop: function(event, ui) {
        ui.draggable.draggable("disable", 1); // *not* ui.draggable("disable", 1);
        …
    }
});

HTH someone

Answer 3

Bob, you saved me! thanks a lot, i was looking for that for hours!

Answer 4

To temporarily disable the draggable behavior use:

$('#item-id').draggable( "disable" )

To remove the draggable behavior permanently use:

$('#item-id').draggable( "destroy" )