<ol>
<li>tafe</li>
<li>college</li>
<li>uni</li>
<li>school</li>
</ol>
<script>
$("ol").selectable();
</script>
I am able to make a box around the elements but I am not able to select the elements either individually or in a group.
It worked for me, after I included the related libraries in the html:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
<script src="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.4/jquery-ui.js"></script>
Here is a demo: https://jsfiddle.net/6cht0v0L/
The jquery code:
$(function() {
$( "#selectable-1" ).selectable();
});
Here is the html:
<ol id="selectable-1">
<li class="ui-widget-content">Product 1</li>
<li class="ui-widget-content">Product 2</li>
<li class="ui-widget-content">Product 3</li>
<li class="ui-widget-content">Product 4</li>
<li class="ui-widget-content">Product 5</li>
<li class="ui-widget-content">Product 6</li>
<li class="ui-widget-content">Product 7</li>
</ol>
I think the problem is with css. I had the same problem. I just included ui-selected{background:gold;} and it worked. Don't forget to include these all:
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.12.1/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
If your code is still not working see the exact problem using inspect element
You need to wrap the call in the jQuery onload function
<script>
$(function() {
$( "ol" ).selectable();
});
</script>
