I am having an undesired effect when I drag a div from a container div which is set as overflow: scroll.
I have found an example of someone else where they have had the issue but I have been unable to find a resolution
What happens is that the scroll is just increased, I can see why this would be the desired behaviour if you wanted to drag to a destination within the scrollable div but I want to be able to take it outside of its scrolling grasp.
I had a similar problem enabling a drag between two overflow-auto divs. With the help of the previous answers, I found that this combination works for me (Safari 5.0.3, jquery-1.4.4, jquery-ui-1.8.7):
appendTo: 'body',
containment: 'window',
scroll: false,
helper: 'clone'
appendTo
Element, SelectorDefault:'parent'
The element passed to or selected by the appendTo option will be used as the draggable helper's container during dragging. By default, the helper is appended to the same container as the draggable.
Code examples Initialize a draggable with the appendTo option specified.
$('.selector').draggable({ appendTo: 'body' });
It certainly pays to pay attention to the documentation
http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Draggable#option-scroll
scroll
Type: Boolean
Default:true
If set totrue, container auto-scrolls while dragging.
All who enter here, learn from my mistake, RT(F)M!!!
Setting the scroll option does not stop children from being hidden in the overflow area. I have come up with a work-a-round that uses the helper option. Check it out:
http://pastebin.me/164f0a4073496563fe3179ddcec5fd6d
Also here is a reference to another post I made:
jquery ui draggable elements not 'draggable' outside of scrolling div