UPDATED: 26/08/2016 to use the latest jquery and jquery ui version plus bootstrap to style it.
$(function() {
$('#sortable').sortable({
start: function(event, ui) {
var start_pos = ui.item.index();
ui.item.data('start_pos', start_pos);
},
change: function(event, ui) {
var start_pos = ui.item.data('start_pos');
var index = ui.placeholder.index();
if (start_pos < index) {
$('#sortable li:nth-child(' + index + ')').addClass('highlights');
} else {
$('#sortable li:eq(' + (index + 1) + ')').addClass('highlights');
}
},
update: function(event, ui) {
$('#sortable li').removeClass('highlights');
}
});
});