Get selected element's outer HTML

Question

I\'m trying to get the HTML of a selected object with jQuery. I am aware of the .html() function; the issue is that I need the HTML including the selected obje

Answer 1

Pure JavaScript:

var outerHTML = function(node) {
  var div = document.createElement("div");
  div.appendChild(node.cloneNode(true));
  return div.innerHTML;
};