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Asked: 2026-05-26T10:19:47+00:00

Possible Duplicate: Get selected element's outer HTML I have this code : <html> <head></head>

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Possible Duplicate:
Get selected element's outer HTML

I have this code :

<html>
    <head></head>
    <body></body>
</html>

and with $('html').html() I only get :

    <head></head>
    <body></body>

how can I get the whole code? I mean, with also the parent of the element where I use .html()…

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  1. Editorial Team

    Bit of a hack:

    $('<div />').html($('html').clone()).html();

    Might be slow in older browsers with a lot of HTML on the page, because it has to clone the whole thing.

    Edit: If you want a jQuery function which does it, just write one:

    $.fn.outerHtml = function (a) {
    if (a) {
        a = $(a).insertBefore(this);
        this.remove();
        return a;
    }
    return $('<div />').html($('html').clone()).html();
};

    Then just call $('html').outerHtml().

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