JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div class="stuff" id="orig_test_0">
<input type="button" value="Whose my daddy?" onclick="alert($(this).parent().attr('id'));"/>
</div>
<input type="button" value="Make a Clone" onclick="makeClone();"/>
<div id="wrapper">
stuff goes here<br/>
</div>
CSS
.stuff{
border:1px solid purple;
padding:1px;
margin:1px;
}
#wrapper{
border:1px dotted blue;
padding:2px;
}
JavaScript
var globalCount = 0;
function makeClone(){
var copiedDOM = $('#orig_test_0').clone();
globalCount++;
copiedDOM.attr('id', 'clone_' + globalCount);
$('#wrapper').append(copiedDOM);
}