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HTML
<div class="panel panel-default" id="editable">
<div class="panel-body">
Drop-down code
<a id='edit_case'>Edit</a>
Panel-Body Code...
</div>
Panel footer
</div>
JavaScript
$(document).on('click','#cancel',function(){
$("#editable").html(oldHTML);
});
var oldHTML = $("#editable").html();
$(document).on('click','#edit_case',function(){
var oldHTML = $("#editable").html();
var newHTML;
newHTML = "<div class='panel-body' id='edit_fields'></div> <div class='panel-footer' id='footer-bottons'></div>"
$("#editable").html(newHTML);
$('#footer-bottons').html('<div class="text-right"><button class="btn btn-primary btn-sm" id="save">Save</button> <button class="btn btn-default btn-sm" id="cancel">Cancel</button></div>');
});