> For generated pages where the target count is not known, this > behavior seems to be a source of troubles.
Well, like I said back then, jQuery *must* append clones of the nodes in the case where you are appending to multiple targets. That only leaves a question about the one-target-node case. If the default was to append a clone in that situation, it wouldn't be possible to select nodes and move it to a new location in the DOM tree! > Maybe a method-parameter which explicitly specifies > whether the source should be copied or moved > would have been preferable. If you need the always-clone behavior you can just throw a .clone() into the chain before the append. > At least the current behaviour should be explicitly mentioned in > the API documentation of append() [3] and the related methods. That would be a good idea. Basically all the methods that insert elements documented here are affected: http://docs.jquery.com/Manipulation So would the best thing to do be to have some single page that describes the behavior, and reference it on that page?
