JavaScript Reference/Javascript Methods/cloneNode
"cloneNode()" Example
<html>
<body>
<script language="JavaScript">
function function1(){
var myNode = myButton.cloneNode(true);
alert(myNode.innerHTML);
}
</script>
<button id="myButton" onclick="function1();">Clone node</button>
</body>
</html>
"cloneNode()" is applied to
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| Applied_To |<a> <acronym> |
| |<address> <applet> |
| |<area> attribute |
| |<b> <base> |
| |<basefont> <bdo> |
| |<bgsound> <big> |
| |<blockquote> <body> |
| |<br> <button> |
| |<caption> <center> |
| |<cite> <code> |
| |<col> <colgroup> |
| |<comment> <dd> |
| |<del> <dfn> |
| |<dir> <div> |
| |<dl> <dt> |
| |<em> <embed> |
| |<fieldset> <font> |
| |<form> <frame> |
| |<frameset> <head> |
| |<hn> <hr> |
| |<html> <i> |
| |<iframe> <img> |
| |<input type="button"> <input type="checkbox"> |
| |<input type="file"> <input type="hidden"> |
| |<input type="image"> <input type="password"> |
| |<input type="radio"> <input type="reset"> |
| |<input type="submit"> <input type="text"> |
| |<ins> <isindex> |
| |<kbd> <label> |
| |<legend> <li> |
| |<link> <listing> |
| |<map> <marquee> |
| |<menu> <meta> |
| |<noframes> <noscript> |
| |<object> <ol> |
| |<optgroup> <option> |
| |<p> <param> |
| |<plaintext> <pre> |
| |<q> <s> |
| |<samp> <script> |
| |<select> <small> |
| |<span> <strike> |
| |<strong> <style> |
| |<sub> <sup> |
| |<table> <tbody> |
| |<td> <textarea> |
| |<tfoot> <th> |
| |<thead> <title> |
| |<tr> <tt> |
| |<u> <ul> |
| |<var> <xmp> |
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"cloneNode()" Syntax, Parameters and Note
Note:
Creates a copy of the current node.
After an element is cloned, referring to the id of that element returns a collection.
Syntax:
document.getElementById("elementID").cloneNode(param1)
document.all.elementID.cloneNode(param1) // IE only
Parameters:
param1 Optional; either true or false,
indicating whether or not you want to clone
child nodes as well.