SO jQuery Fiddle

Test Fiddle mainly for SO Questions jQuery 1.4.3, UI 1.8.5

by Nick Craver

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.5/themes/ui-lightness/jquery-ui.css">
<table>
<tr><td id="cell">&lt;a href=&quot;&quot;&gt;Google.com&lt;/a&gt;</td></tr>
</table>

<div id="to"></div>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
   var html = $('<input type="text" />').val($("#cell").html());
   $("#to").append(html);
});