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/*
<div id="rleft">
    <p>etc</p>
    <p>etc</p>
    <p>etc</p>
</div>
*/
 
$("#rleft").sortable({
    axis: 'y',
    items: "p",
    start: startdrag,
    stop: stopdrag,
})
 
function startdrag(event, ui){
    var old_position = $("#rleft p").index(ui.item)
    ui.item.data("old", old_position)
}
function stopdrag(event, ui){
    var new_position = $("#rleft p").index(ui.item)
    ui.item.data("new", new_position)
    var old_position = ui.item.data("old")
    var change = new_position - old_position
    var moved_up = change > 0
}