<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

  <head>
    <link href="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.0/css/smoothness/jquery-ui-1.10.0.custom.min.css" rel="stylesheet" data-semver="1.10.0" data-require="jqueryui@*" />
    <link data-require="bootstrap-css@*" data-semver="3.1.1" rel="stylesheet" href="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.1.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" />
    <script data-require="jquery@*" data-semver="2.0.3" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.0.3.min.js"></script>
    <script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.0/jquery-ui.js" data-semver="1.10.0" data-require="jqueryui@*"></script>
    <script src="http://code.angularjs.org/1.2.13/angular.js" data-semver="1.2.13" data-require="angular.js@*"></script>
    <script data-require="angular-ui-bootstrap@*" data-semver="0.10.0" src="http://angular-ui.github.io/bootstrap/ui-bootstrap-tpls-0.10.0.min.js"></script>
    <script src="sortable.js"></script>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <script src="script.js"></script>
  </head>

  <body>
    <div ng-controller="sortableController" ng-app="sortableApp" class="container">
      <h2>AngularUI sorting with modal settings</h2>
      <div class="row">
        <div class="col-sm-6">
          <ul id="list5" class="unstyled-list" ng-model="list5" ui-sortable="sortableOptionsWidgets">
            <li class="ui-state-highlight" ng-repeat="item in list5" >
                    {{item.name}}
                </li>
          </ul>
          <ul id="list1" ng-model="list1" ui-sortable="sortableOptions">
            <li class="ui-state-default"
                    ng-repeat="item in list1 track by $index"
                    ng-show="item.name"
                    ng-model="list1">
                    <span class="drop-block-drag">move</span>
                        {{$index }} -- {{ item.name }} --  {{ item.content }}
                    <button
                            ng-click='deleteItem($index, item.id, "list1")'
                            class='btn btn-xs pull-right btn-danger'>X</button>
                    <button
                            class='btn btn-xs pull-right'
                            ng-click="open(item)">Edit</button>
                    <pre>{{ widgetOptions | json}}</pre>
                    <pre>{{ item |json }}</pre>
                </li>
          </ul>
          <ul id="list2" ng-model="list2" ui-sortable="sortableOptions">
            <li class="ui-state-default"
                    ng-repeat="item in list2 track by $index"
                    ng-show="item.name"
                    ng-model="list2" >
                    <span class="drop-block-drag">move</span>
                    {{$index }} -- {{ item.name }} --  {{ item.content }}
                    <button
                            ng-click='deleteItem($index, item.id, "list2")'
                            class='btn btn-xs pull-right btn-danger'>X</button>
                    <button
                            class='btn btn-xs pull-right'
                            ng-click="open(item)">Edit</button>
                </li>
          </ul>
          <ul id="list3" ng-model="list3" ui-sortable="sortableOptions">
              <li class="ui-state-default"
                  ng-repeat="item in list3 track by $index"
                  ng-show="item.name"
                  ng-model="list3" >
                  <span class="drop-block-drag">move</span>
                  {{$index }} -- {{ item.name }} --  {{ item.content }}
                  <button
                          ng-click='deleteItem($index, item.id, "list3")'
                          class='btn btn-xs pull-right btn-danger'>X</button>
                  <button
                          class='btn btn-xs pull-right'
                          ng-click="open(item)">Edit</button>
              </li>
          </ul>
          <ul id="list4" ng-model="list4" ui-sortable="sortableOptions">
              <li class="ui-state-default"
                    ng-repeat="item in list4 track by $index"
                    ng-show="item.name"
                    ng-model="list4" >
                    <span class="drop-block-drag">move</span>
                    {{$index }} -- {{ item.name }} --  {{ item.content }}
                    <button
                            ng-click='deleteItem($index, item.id, "list4")'
                            class='btn btn-xs pull-right btn-danger'>X</button>
                    <button
                            class='btn btn-xs pull-right'
                            ng-click="open(item)">Edit</button>
                </li>
          </ul>
        </div>
        <div class="col-sm-6">
          <pre>
            <div class="col-sm-6">
                    List 1
                    {{ list1 | json }}

                    List 2
                    {{ list2 | json }}

                    List 3
                    {{ list3 | json }}

                    List 4
                    {{ list4 | json }}
                </div>
          </pre>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </body>

</html>
var myapp = angular.module('sortableApp', ['ui.sortable', 'ui.bootstrap']);


myapp.controller('sortableController', function ($scope, $modal, $log) {
    var tmpList = [];

    $scope.list1 = [];
    $scope.list2 = [];
    $scope.list3 = [];
    $scope.list4 = [];

    var dragscreens = [
        {   'name': 'Text block',
            'place': '1',
            'position': '2',
            'content': 'Text Block1',
        },
        {   'name': 'Text block2',
            'place': '1',
            'position': '2',
            'content': 'Text Block12',
        }
    ];

    $scope.sortingLog = [];

    $scope.sortableOptions = {
        placeholder: "placeholder",
        connectWith: "#list1, #list2, #list3, #list4",
        handle: '.drop-block-drag'

    };

    $scope.list5 = dragscreens.slice();

    $scope.sortableOptionsWidgets = {
        connectWith: "#list1, #list2, #list3, #list4",
        placeholder: "placeholder",
        helper: 'clone',
        update: function (e, ui) {
            if (ui.item.sortable.droptarget.hasClass('unstyled-list')) {
                ui.item.sortable.cancel();
            }
        },
        stop: function (e, ui) {

            if ($(e.target).hasClass('unstyled-list') &&
                e.target != ui.item.sortable.droptarget[0]) {
                $scope.list5 = dragscreens.slice();
            }
        }
    };


    $scope.deleteItem = function($index, itemId, scope) {
        $scope[scope].splice($index, 1);
    };


    $scope.open = function (widgetOptions) {

        $scope.widgetOptions = angular.copy(widgetOptions);

        var modalInstance = $modal.open({
            templateUrl: 'modal.html',
            controller: ModalInstanceCtrl,
            resolve: {
                widgetOptionsLocal: function () {
                    return $scope.widgetOptions;
                }
            }
        });

        modalInstance.result.then(function (item) {
            widgetOptions = item;
        }, function () {
            $log.info('Modal dismissed at: ' + new Date());
        });

    };

});


var ModalInstanceCtrl = function ($scope, $modalInstance, widgetOptionsLocal) {
    $scope.widgetOptions = widgetOptionsLocal;


    $scope.ok = function () {
       $modalInstance.close($scope.widgetOptions);
    };

    $scope.cancel = function () {
       $modalInstance.dismiss('cancel');
    };
};
/* Styles go here */

#list1,
#list2,
#list3,
#list4 {
    border: 1px solid #008000;
    min-height: 40px;
    list-style: none;
}

.placeholder { background-color: #008000; border: solid black 1px; height: 10px;}
.drop-block-drag { cursor: move; }
<div class="modal-header">
    <h3>{{widgetOptions.name}}</h3>
</div>
<div class="modal-body" >
    <tabset justified="true">
        <tab heading="Content">
            <label>Content</label>
            <textarea ng-model="widgetOptions.content" />
        </tab>
    </tabset>
    <pre>
            {{ widgetOptions | json }}

    </pre>
</div>

<div class="modal-footer">
    <button class="btn btn-primary" ng-click="ok(widgetOptions)">Save</button>
    <button class="btn btn-warning" ng-click="cancel()">Cancel</button>
</div>
/*
 jQuery UI Sortable plugin wrapper

 @param [ui-sortable] {object} Options to pass to $.fn.sortable() merged onto ui.config
 */
angular.module('ui.sortable', [])
  .value('uiSortableConfig',{})
  .directive('uiSortable', [
    'uiSortableConfig', '$timeout', '$log',
    function(uiSortableConfig, $timeout, $log) {
      'use strict';

      return {
        require: '?ngModel',
        link: function(scope, element, attrs, ngModel) {
          var savedNodes;

          function combineCallbacks(first,second){
            if(second && (typeof second === 'function')) {
              return function(e, ui) {
                first(e, ui);
                second(e, ui);
              };
            }
            return first;
          }

          var opts = {};

          var callbacks = {
            receive: null,
            remove:null,
            start:null,
            stop:null,
            update:null
          };

          angular.extend(opts, uiSortableConfig);

          if (ngModel) {

            // When we add or remove elements, we need the sortable to 'refresh'
            // so it can find the new/removed elements.
            scope.$watch(attrs.ngModel+'.length', function() {
              // Timeout to let ng-repeat modify the DOM
              $timeout(function() {
                element.sortable('refresh');
              });
            });

            callbacks.start = function(e, ui) {
              // Save the starting position of dragged item
              ui.item.sortable = {
                index: ui.item.index(),
                cancel: function () {
                  ui.item.sortable._isCanceled = true;
                },
                isCanceled: function () {
                  return ui.item.sortable._isCanceled;
                },
                _isCanceled: false
              };
            };

            callbacks.activate = function(/*e, ui*/) {
              // We need to make a copy of the current element's contents so
              // we can restore it after sortable has messed it up.
              // This is inside activate (instead of start) in order to save
              // both lists when dragging between connected lists.
              savedNodes = element.contents();

              // If this list has a placeholder (the connected lists won't),
              // don't inlcude it in saved nodes.
              var placeholder = element.sortable('option','placeholder');

              // placeholder.element will be a function if the placeholder, has
              // been created (placeholder will be an object).  If it hasn't
              // been created, either placeholder will be false if no
              // placeholder class was given or placeholder.element will be
              // undefined if a class was given (placeholder will be a string)
              if (placeholder && placeholder.element && typeof placeholder.element === 'function') {
                var phElement = placeholder.element();
                // workaround for jquery ui 1.9.x,
                // not returning jquery collection
                if (!phElement.jquery) {
                  phElement = angular.element(phElement);
                }

                // exact match with the placeholder's class attribute to handle
                // the case that multiple connected sortables exist and
                // the placehoilder option equals the class of sortable items
                var excludes = element.find('[class="' + phElement.attr('class') + '"]');

                savedNodes = savedNodes.not(excludes);
              }
            };

            callbacks.update = function(e, ui) {
              // Save current drop position but only if this is not a second
              // update that happens when moving between lists because then
              // the value will be overwritten with the old value
              if(!ui.item.sortable.received) {
                ui.item.sortable.dropindex = ui.item.index();
                ui.item.sortable.droptarget = ui.item.parent();

                // Cancel the sort (let ng-repeat do the sort for us)
                // Don't cancel if this is the received list because it has
                // already been canceled in the other list, and trying to cancel
                // here will mess up the DOM.
                element.sortable('cancel');
              }

              // Put the nodes back exactly the way they started (this is very
              // important because ng-repeat uses comment elements to delineate
              // the start and stop of repeat sections and sortable doesn't
              // respect their order (even if we cancel, the order of the
              // comments are still messed up).
              if (element.sortable('option','helper') === 'clone') {
                // restore all the savedNodes except .ui-sortable-helper element
                // (which is placed last). That way it will be garbage collected.
                savedNodes = savedNodes.not(savedNodes.last());
              }
              savedNodes.appendTo(element);

              // If received is true (an item was dropped in from another list)
              // then we add the new item to this list otherwise wait until the
              // stop event where we will know if it was a sort or item was
              // moved here from another list
              if(ui.item.sortable.received && !ui.item.sortable.isCanceled()) {
                scope.$apply(function () {
                  ngModel.$modelValue.splice(ui.item.sortable.dropindex, 0,
                                             ui.item.sortable.moved);
                });
              }
            };

            callbacks.stop = function(e, ui) {
              // If the received flag hasn't be set on the item, this is a
              // normal sort, if dropindex is set, the item was moved, so move
              // the items in the list.
              if(!ui.item.sortable.received &&
                 ('dropindex' in ui.item.sortable) &&
                 !ui.item.sortable.isCanceled()) {

                scope.$apply(function () {
                  ngModel.$modelValue.splice(
                    ui.item.sortable.dropindex, 0,
                    ngModel.$modelValue.splice(ui.item.sortable.index, 1)[0]);
                });
              } else {
                // if the item was not moved, then restore the elements
                // so that the ngRepeat's comment are correct.
                if((!('dropindex' in ui.item.sortable) || ui.item.sortable.isCanceled()) && element.sortable('option','helper') !== 'clone') {
                  savedNodes.appendTo(element);
                }
              }
            };

            callbacks.receive = function(e, ui) {
              // An item was dropped here from another list, set a flag on the
              // item.
              ui.item.sortable.received = true;
            };

            callbacks.remove = function(e, ui) {
              // Remove the item from this list's model and copy data into item,
              // so the next list can retrive it
              if (!ui.item.sortable.isCanceled()) {
                scope.$apply(function () {
                  ui.item.sortable.moved = ngModel.$modelValue.splice(
                    ui.item.sortable.index, 1)[0];
                });
              }
            };

            scope.$watch(attrs.uiSortable, function(newVal /*, oldVal*/) {
              angular.forEach(newVal, function(value, key) {
                if(callbacks[key]) {
                  if( key === 'stop' ){
                    // call apply after stop
                    value = combineCallbacks(
                      value, function() { scope.$apply(); });
                  }
                  // wrap the callback
                  value = combineCallbacks(callbacks[key], value);
                }
                element.sortable('option', key, value);
              });
            }, true);

            angular.forEach(callbacks, function(value, key) {
              opts[key] = combineCallbacks(value, opts[key]);
            });

          } else {
            $log.info('ui.sortable: ngModel not provided!', element);
          }

          // Create sortable
          element.sortable(opts);
        }
      };
    }
  ]);