jquery - clone the element not the data -

edit: decided not use cloning seems way past level of knowledge. advised not delete question question gonna here.

i have 2 tables, 1 being populated data , empty. using draggable , droppable jquery ui can move data first table other. , working perfectly. now, trying clone "tr" element of second table data being copied when data dropped using .clone() , cloning works except clones data dont want want clone tr element.

this html.

<div id="contact-list"> <table class="contact-list-table">     <thead>           <th>name</th>     </thead>     <tbody>         <tr id="1"><td>nora marzuki</td></tr>         <tr id="2"><td>tunku imran</td></tr>         <tr id="3"><td>iman nong</td></tr>     </tbody>   </table>   </div>     <div id="guest-list">     <table class="guest-list-table">     <thead>         <th>guest</th>     </thead>     <tbody>         <form>             <tr><td><input name="guest" readonly /></td></tr>         </form>     </tbody> </table> </div> 

jquery

<script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function(){ var c = {}; $("#contact-list tr").draggable({         helper: "clone",         start: function(event, ui) {             c.tr = this;             c.helper = ui.helper;         } }); $("#guest-list tr").droppable({     drop: function(event, ui) {         var guest = ui.draggable.text();         var copy = $(this);         $(this).find("input").val(guest);         copy.closest('tr').clone(true).prependto(copy.closest('.guest-list-table'));         $(c.tr).remove();         $(c.helper).remove();     }    });   });   </script> 

this line copying , copies data element:

var copy = $(this); copy.closest('tr').clone(true).prependto(copy.closest('.guest-list-table')); 

so tried:

var copy = $(this); copy.clone(true).find(":input").val("").end().insertafter(copy); 

and copies element excluding data when try drop second data in copied element can't , im stuck.

any help/ideas appreciated , if there different/better approach want do, suggestions appreciated well. thank in advance.

try this:

var $cloned = $("tr").clone().children().text("").end();