How to move an element into another element?

Question

I would like to move one DIV element inside another. For example, I want to move this (including all children):

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Answer 1

my solution:

MOVE:

jQuery("#NodesToMove").detach().appendTo('#DestinationContainerNode')

COPY:

jQuery("#NodesToMove").appendTo('#DestinationContainerNode')

Note the usage of .detach(). When copying, be careful that you are not duplicating IDs.