Jquery UI Draggable Absolute Instead of Relative?

Question

I have a div containing a few jquery draggables, however if at any point I remove one of these draggables from the page then this can move the rest of them as they are positioned with relative.

Here is a fiddle showcasing this: http://jsfiddle.net/VolatileStorm/aNk6e/

My proposed solution is that the draggable should be using absolute as opposed to relative positioning, however I can't find a way to do this. Is there a way to do this, and if not, can anyone think of a way around it? (For elegance's sake, I won't accept "don't delete the other draggable").

Answer 1

1. Add position:absolute to your elements.
2. Attach them to the DOM before calling .draggable.

Answer 2

Why doesn't position:absolute work for you?

Since absolutely positioned elements are no longer part of the document flow, each of your three <div>s are placed at 0,0 of its containing (positioned) element. Thus, it's up to you to work out the starting position of your draggables.

Answer 3

You can set the position to be absolute by using the jQuery css function when setting an element to be draggable.

$(this).draggable().css("position", "absolute");