javascript - How to prevent the child anchor elements of a jQuery UI sortable element? -


is there way deactivate child anchor <a href="..." /> elements of sortable element? example, have table table cells may contain links. table's sortable feature can turned on , off such links can clicked on whenever sortable turned off, cannot when turned on. possible?

jsfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/frqqho75/

example:

<!doctype html> <html lang="en"> <head>   <meta charset="utf-8">   <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css">   <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>   <script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.4/jquery-ui.js"></script>   <style>     #sortable { list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 60%; }     #sortable li { margin: 0 3px 3px 3px; padding: 0.4em; padding-left: 1.5em; font-size: 1.4em; height: 18px; }     #sortable li span { position: absolute; margin-left: -1.3em; }   </style>   <script>     $(function() {       $("#sortable").sortable({ disabled: true });     });   </script> </head> <body>   <button onclick="$('#sortable').sortable('enable');">activate</button><button onclick="$('#sortable').sortable('disable');">deactivate</button>   <ul id="sortable">     <li class="ui-state-default">item 1 <a href="test">link 1</a></li>     <li class="ui-state-default">item 2 <a href="test">link 2</a></li>     <li class="ui-state-default">item 3 <a href="test">link 3</a></li>   </ul> </body> </html> 


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