Thanks Rob, that works perfectly.
Kind regards,
Andrew.
On Jan 23, 11:38 pm, RobG <rg...@iinet.net.au> wrote:
> On Jan 24, 6:57 am, da644 <andrewjdi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
>
> > I have an HTML object that has been creating using some scripting and
> > I wish to insert this into to different locations on the page, e.g.
>
> > var newObj = createMyObject();
> > $('location1').insert(newObj);
> > $('location2').insert(newObj);
>
> > However doing this the object get inserted into location1 and then
> > removed from location1 when it is inserted into location2.
>
> Which is exactly how it is supposed to work. :-)
>
> > I have
> > tried using the clone method:
>
> > var newObj = createMyObject();
> > var newObj2 = Object.clone(newObj);
>
> That is for "cloning" (more like copying) a native javascript object.
> What you are trying to do is clone a host object.
>
> > $('location1').insert(newObj);
> > $('location2').insert(newObj2);
>
> > However this doesn't work. It doesn't error, but it simply stops
> > anymore Javascript from executing.
>
> > Is there a way to do what I want using Prototype?
>
> If your object is an HTML element that implements the DOM Core
> interface Node (and most of them do), use its cloneNode method:
>
> $('location1').insert(newObj.cloneNode(true));
>
> It is called "cloneNode" to ensure it is obvious that its purpose is
> to clone Nodes, not other types of objects. Be aware however that it
> will clone all of the element's properties, including ones like ID
> that should be unique in the document.
>
> Also, listeners may or may not be cloned depending on how they were
> added and which browser the code is run in.
>
> --
> Rob
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