Cloning an element and adding it to Dom multiple times

Question

//I am cloning a dom element and inserting it in dom element multiple times

    
some text
    
         


        
      

Answer 1

It is conceptually strange to insert a single element in the DOM multiple times, since a DOM element can have max one parent (poor elements!). Event if you insert it into the same container, it is still very strange to be one's own sibling, so that is equally ruled out.

That is why an element is removed from the structure (if it is in one) whenever it is added somewhere else.

I spoke of pure js and the DOM now.

I was briefly under the impression that jQuery's append does not ever clone elements, but it "conveniently" does so if it is invoked on a set of elements.