How does jQuery.clone() method work in jQuery?

jQuery Web Development Front End Technology

To clone an element using jQuery, use the jQuery.clone() method. The clone() method clones matched DOM Elements and select the clones.

This is useful for moving copies of the elements to another location in the DOM.

Example

You can try to run the following code to learn how to work with jQuery.clone() method in jQuery:

Live Demo

<html>

   <head>
      <title>jQuery clone() method</title>
      <script src = "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
       
      <script>
         $(document).ready(function() {
            $("div").click(function () {
               $(this).clone().insertAfter(this);
            });
         });
      </script>
       
      <style>
         .div {
             margin:15px;
             padding:15px;
             border:4px solid #666;
             width:90px;
         }
      </style>
   </head>
   
   <body>
   
      <p>Click on any square below to see the result:</p>
       
      <div class = "div" style = "background-color:blue;"></div>
      <div class = "div" style = "background-color:green;"></div>
      <div class = "div" style = "background-color:red;"></div>
   </body>    
</html>

David Meador

Updated on: 10-Dec-2019

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