how to get the contents inside a div along with all html tags along with values present in text box etc tags

Question

how to get the contents inside a div along with all html tags along with values present in text box etc tags . The jQuery function $('#divid').html() is working in IE but the firefox i am getting the html but the values which are in text area and text box are not setting.

Thanks, Shriniket

Answer 1

You can't get the content correctly with html, because it only gives you innerHTML of the div element.

You can have a reference to DOM element of that div.

$("#divid").get(0);

with this reference you can move that element to any place in DOM trees.

Answer 2

I would continue to do as you are doing to get the html, and then use the jquery form plugin to get the values of the fields. http://malsup.com/jquery/form/#api

var value = $('#divid').fieldValue();

value will be an array of values, you may also like fieldSerialize() which return the name value pairs url encoded.