refinery/refinerycms · error · Error

nestedSortable: Please check the listType option is set to y

Error message

nestedSortable: Please check the listType option is set to your actual list type

What it means

Error "nestedSortable: Please check the listType option is set to your actual list type" thrown in refinery/refinerycms.

Source

Thrown at core/app/assets/javascripts/refinery/nestedsortables.js:35

		options: {
			tabSize: 20,
			disableNesting: 'mjs-nestedSortable-no-nesting',
			errorClass: 'mjs-nestedSortable-error',
			doNotClear: false,
			listType: 'ol',
			maxLevels: 0,
			protectRoot: false,
			rootID: null,
			rtl: false,
			isAllowed: function(item, parent) { return true; }
		},

		_create: function() {
			this.element.data('sortable', this.element.data('nestedSortable'));

			if (!this.element.is(this.options.listType))
				throw new Error('nestedSortable: Please check the listType option is set to your actual list type');

			return $.ui.sortable.prototype._create.apply(this, arguments);
		},

		destroy: function() {
			this.element
				.removeData("nestedSortable")
				.unbind(".nestedSortable");
			return $.ui.sortable.prototype.destroy.apply(this, arguments);
		},

		_mouseDrag: function(event) {

			//Compute the helpers position
			this.position = this._generatePosition(event);
			this.positionAbs = this._convertPositionTo("absolute");

			if (!this.lastPositionAbs) {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at core/app/assets/javascripts/refinery/nestedsortables.js:35 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of refinery/refinerycms@34438aae76 (2026-08-23). Data as JSON: /api/errors/260399f3babb12cb. Report an issue: GitHub.