I need to clone a section of markup that has already been modified in the DOM. I want to get the original HTML source – what is seen in View > Source.
clone() uses what’s in the DOM
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I need to clone a section of markup that has already been modified in the DOM. I want to get the original HTML source – what is seen in View > Source.
clone() uses what’s in the DOM
You can’t.
If you need it, store the original markup in a JavaScript var before making any modifications.