SO fiddle

Test Fiddle mainly for SO Questions

by Nick Craver

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.4/themes/overcast/jquery-ui.css">
<input id="input" />

JavaScript

jQuery.fn.outerHTML = function() {
  return jQuery('<div />').append(this.clone()).html();
}
var html = $("#input").outerHTML();
alert(html);