I want a div to be duplicated when a button is clicked. I though something like this; but it\'s not working. Can anyone help me?
HTML
Can you change the div to a class? If so, then this might work for you:
# application.js
$(function(){
$('.photo:last').after('<a href="#" id="new_resource">Add another image<a/><br/>');
$('a[href=#]').click(function(){
$(this).before($('.photo:last').clone());
$('.photo:last input').each(function(){
$(this).removeAttr("value");
});
$('.photo:last input[type=hidden]').remove();
return false;
});
})
#html
<div class="photo"
<label>label</label>
<input type="file"></input>
</div>
Edit the code here:
You are creating an infinite recursion!
function duplicate()
{
var div = duplicate("div");
The function is calling itself over and over again. Use cloneNode():
HTML:
<div id="duplicater0">
duplicate EVERYTHING INSIDE THIS DIV
</div>
JavaScript:
var i = 0;
function duplicate() {
var original = document.getElementById('duplicater' + i);
var clone = original.cloneNode(true); // "deep" clone
clone.id = "duplicater" + ++i; // there can only be one element with an ID
clone.onclick = duplicate; // event handlers are not cloned
original.parentNode.appendChild(clone);
}
Working DEMO
Or without IDs:
function duplicate() {
var clone = this.cloneNode(true); // "deep" clone
clone.id = ""; // there can only be one element with an ID
clone.onclick = duplicate; // event handlers are not cloned
this.parentNode.appendChild(clone);
}
Update:
If you want to clone the div on button click, you can use a slightly different version:
HTML:
<button id="button" onclick="duplicate()">Click me</button>
<div id="duplicater">
duplicate EVERYTHING INSIDE THIS DIV
</div>
JavaScript:
var i = 0;
var original = document.getElementById('duplicater');
function duplicate() {
var clone = original.cloneNode(true); // "deep" clone
clone.id = "duplicater" + ++i;
// or clone.id = ""; if the divs don't need an ID
original.parentNode.appendChild(clone);
}
If you are not in a form, you should use <button>
instead of <input type="button">
.
Working DEMO 2
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<div id="duplicater">
duplicate EVERYTHING INSIDE THIS DIV
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<button id="button">Click me</button>
$("#button").on('click', function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
var $self = $(this);
$self.before($self.prev('table').clone());
});