Initializing the portlets

To initialize the portlets, we will turn the column div into jQuery UI's sortable components. Since there are two columns, we will make the connection as well so that portlets of a column could be dragged into another column. We will also add a toggle button to portlet header.

Write the following code inside the initPortlets method to initialize them:

$(".column").sortable(
{
  connectWith: ".column",
  handle: ".portlet-header",
  cancel: ".portlet-toggle",
  placeholder: "portlet-placeholder ui-corner-all"
});

$(".portlet")
  .addClass("ui-widget ui-widget-content ui-helper-clearfix ui-corner-all")
  .find(".portlet-header")
  .addClass("ui-widget-header ui-corner-all")
  .prepend("<span class='ui-icon ui-icon-minusthick portlet-toggle'></span>");

$(".portlet-toggle").click(function() 
{
  var icon = $(this);
  icon.toggleClass("ui-icon-minusthick ui-icon-plusthick");
  icon.closest(".portlet").find(".portlet-content").toggle('fast');
});
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