Parent Node

[Praettor]

Whats the easiest way to change a given elements parent?

[jimfraser]

newParent.appendChild(element);

[Praettor]

Will that work if element already has a parent?

[paul_wilkins]

Yes it will. Counterintuitive though it may be, appendChild moves an existing element

[wyrd33]

Nodes can only have one parent. This is why when you move elements around in a document, they are not duplicated, but rather removed from their previous position and put into a new position. So appending an element to another will in fact change its position in the DOM tree and give it a new parent node.

[jimfraser]

You can copy a node and all its children to a new parent like this:
newParent.appendChild(element.cloneNode(true));

That won't touch the original