Is there a way to clone form field values in jQuery or javascript?

Question

jQuery has a clone() function that clones the actual form with no problem, but it doesn\'t preserve any values that have been entered into the form.

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Answer 1

Another easy fix for the textarea values not being cloned is to include the following JavaScript file in your HTML: https://github.com/spencertipping/jquery.fix.clone

It just patches the clone method so you can include the file and then forget it's there. Apparently there is a problem with cloneing select values too and this same file fixes that problem as well.

This file was linked to from: http://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/3016. The bug is 4 years old.