Ответ 1
Решение Sans-jQuery:
function makeNewElementFromElement( tag, elem ) {
var newElem = document.createElement(tag),
i, prop,
attr = elem.attributes,
attrLen = attr.length;
// Copy children
elem = elem.cloneNode(true);
while (elem.firstChild) {
newElem.appendChild(elem.firstChild);
}
// Copy DOM properties
for (i in elem) {
try {
prop = elem[i];
if (prop && i !== 'outerHTML' && (typeof prop === 'string' || typeof prop === 'number')) {
newElem[i] = elem[i];
}
} catch(e) { /* some props throw getter errors */ }
}
// Copy attributes
for (i = 0; i < attrLen; i++) {
newElem.setAttribute(attr[i].nodeName, attr[i].nodeValue);
}
// Copy inline CSS
newElem.style.cssText = elem.style.cssText;
return newElem;
}
например.
makeNewElementFromElement('a', someDivElement); // Create anchor from div