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<tbody>
  @for (int i = 0; i < Model.Things.Length; i++)
	{
		<tr>
			<td>
				@Html.DisplayFor(m => Model.Things[i].Number)
			</td>
			<td>
				@Html.DisplayFor(m => Model.Things[i].Text)
			</td>

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<tbody>
  @Html.DisplayFor(m => m.Things)
</tbody>

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<input id="Things_1__Text" name="Things[1].Text" type="hidden" value="Two" />  

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public interface IClientSortable
{
  int ClientOrder { get; set; }
}
public class SortableThing : IClientSortable
{
  public string Text { get; set; }
  public int Number { get; set; }
  public bool IsEven { get; private set; }
  public int ClientOrder { get; set; }

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@using (Html.BeginForm("Index", "Sort", FormMethod.Post, new{role = "form", @class="form-inline"}))
{
  <h1>Sorting</h1>
  <table id="table-sortable" class="table table-bordered table-striped table-hover table-responsive">
      <caption>Sortable things</caption>
      <thead>. . .</thead>
      <tbody>@Html.DisplayFor(m => m.Things)</tbody>
  </table>
  <div class="form-group">
      <input type="submit" name="discard" value="Discard" class="btn btn-default" />

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<tr>
  <td>
      @Html.HiddenFor(m => m.ClientOrder, new { @class = "data-sort" })
      @Html.HiddenFor(m => m.Number)
      @Html.DisplayFor(m => m.Number)
  </td>
  <td>
      @Html.HiddenFor(m => m.Text)
      @Html.DisplayFor(m => m.Text)
  </td>

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DGON_DOTNET.ClientInteraction =
{
  makeSortable: function (tableSelector, options) {
      options = optionsWithDefaults(options, {
          handleSelector: '.handle',
          sortSelector: '.data-sort'
      });
      var tbody = $(tableSelector + ' tbody');
      $(tbody).sortable({
          helper: maintainWidth,

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function reorder(rows, sortSelector) {
  $(rows).each(function (index) {
      var $row = $(this);
      $row.find(sortSelector).val(index);
  });
}

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[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Index(string save, string discard, SortViewModel posted)
{
  if (isSave(save, discard))
  {
      _repository.Save(SortableThing.ToThings(posted.Things));
  }
  IEnumerable<Thing> updatedThings = _repository.Find();
  var model = new SortViewModel
  {

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public static IEnumerable<Thing> ToThings(SortableThing[] from)
{
  return from
      .Sort()
      .Select(st => st.ToThing());
}