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I came across this really nifty little script on Elliot Swan's website while looking for something to help me with a task I have, the task is to copy an element and everything inside the element. this works great, I've made my own small tweaks in order to make sure it 100% suits the application I'm using it for, other than that, nice one.

var Move =	{
copy	:   function(e, target)	{
var eId      = $(e);
var copyE    = eId.cloneNode(true);
var cLength  = copyE.childNodes.length -1;
copyE.id     = e+'-copy';
for(var i = 0; cLength >= i;  i++)	{
if(copyE.childNodes[i].id) {
var cNode   = copyE.childNodes[i];
var firstId = cNode.id;
cNode.id    = firstId+'-copy'; }
}
$(target).appendChild(copyE);
},
element:  function(e, target, type)	{
var eId =  $(e);
if(type == 'move') {
$(target).appendChild(eId);
}
else if(type == 'copy')	{
this.copy(e, target);
}
}
}

Take a look at the entry for this and find more instructions.