Copy the first p element including event handlers, and append to body element
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"> </script>//from w w w.j ava 2 s . c o m <script> $(document).ready(function(){ $("button").click(function(){ $("body").append($("p:first").clone(true)); }); $("p").click(function(){ $(this).animate({fontSize: "+=1px"}); }); }); </script> </head> <body> <p>Click this paragraph to increase text size.</p> <p>This is another paragraph.</p> <button>Copy</button> </body> </html>