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HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8/themes/dot-luv/jquery-ui.css">
<form id="old">
<textarea>Some Value</textarea>
<input type="text" value="Some Value" />
<input type="checkbox" value="bob" checked />
<br />
</form>
<input type="button" value="Clone" id="clone" />
JavaScript
$( 'input#clone' ).click(
function()
{
$( 'form#old textarea' ).text( $( 'form#old textarea' ).val() )
$("form#old").clone().attr( 'id', 'new_form' ).appendTo("body")
}
)