Yup, I just found that myself. Finally got the right combination of search
terms in Google to get what I needed.
5.2.3.8. cloneNode
For elements that already exist, a copy method allows you to duplicate
elements to avoid having to recreate them from scratch. cloneNode, which is
a method on the element object rather than the document, returns a copy of
the given node.
<script>
// this is untested --pete
var element = document.getElementById('my-id');
var clone = element.cloneNode(false);
dump(`element='+element+'\n');
dump(`clone='+clone+'\n');
</script>The method takes a Boolean-optional parameter that specifies
whether the copy is "deep." Deep copies duplicate all descendants of a node
as well as the node itself.
So the code Dave suggest works perfectly.
protoRow = document.getElementById("One").cloneNode(true);
Thanks.
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Ian Skinner
Web Programmer
BloodSource
Sacramento, CA
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 11:21 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: OT JavaScript Object Copy
> Apparently this is much more difficult then it probably
> should be. But I can figure out how to make a true copy
> of DOM object with JavaScript, instead of just a copy
> of the pointer to the object.
>
> For Example:
>
> protoRow = (document.getElementById("One"));
>
> I would like protoRow to be a true deep copy of the
> current state of row "One", that I can use later on to
> create new rows, even though by that time the state of
> row one will have change significantly.
I think it's Node.cloneNode(true). The Boolean argument specifies the
creation of a deep copy. So, in your case, you could have this, I think:
protoRow = document.getElementById("One").cloneNode(true);
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
voice: (202) 797-5496
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