From 77c942c4be24ed396e7b76ecf4a767834f6d5fce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nate Cavanaugh <nathan.cavanaugh@liferay.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:05:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] AUI-152 - Special elements are not properly cloned

git-svn-id: svn://svn.liferay.com/repos/public/alloy/trunk@59971 05bdf26c-840f-0410-9ced-eb539d925f36
---
 ATTRIBUTION.txt                       |   7 +-
 build/aui-node/aui-node-base-debug.js | 130 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 build/aui-node/aui-node-base-min.js   |   4 +-
 build/aui-node/aui-node-base.js       | 130 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 build/aui-node/aui-node-debug.js      | 130 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 build/aui-node/aui-node-min.js        |   8 +-
 build/aui-node/aui-node.js            | 130 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/aui-node/js/aui-node-base.js      | 130 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 8 files changed, 627 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ATTRIBUTION.txt b/ATTRIBUTION.txt
index 123c7d0ca4f..2568d84a389 100644
--- a/ATTRIBUTION.txt
+++ b/ATTRIBUTION.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,9 @@ Dual licensed under the MIT (MIT-LICENSE.txt) and GPL (GPL-LICENSE.txt) licenses
 Fugue Icons (icon_sprite.png)
 Copyright (C) 2009 Yusuke Kamiyamane. All rights reserved.
 The icons are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.
-<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/>
\ No newline at end of file
+<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/>
+----------------------------------
+Portions of the aui-node-base module
+were used from the jQuery Javascript library
+Copyright (c) 2010 John Resig & the jQuery team (http://jquery.com)
+Dual licensed under the MIT (MIT-LICENSE.txt) and GPL (GPL-LICENSE.txt) licenses.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build/aui-node/aui-node-base-debug.js b/build/aui-node/aui-node-base-debug.js
index e78bf7ba9de..2be5abbd2a6 100644
--- a/build/aui-node/aui-node-base-debug.js
+++ b/build/aui-node/aui-node-base-debug.js
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ var Lang = A.Lang,
 
 	getClassName = A.ClassNameManager.getClassName,
 
-	CLONED_EVENTS = false,
+	STR_EMPTY = '',
+
+	ARRAY_EMPTY_STRINGS = [STR_EMPTY, STR_EMPTY],
 
 	HELPER = 'helper',
 
@@ -27,17 +29,25 @@ var Lang = A.Lang,
 	NONE = 'none',
 	PARENT_NODE = 'parentNode',
 	SCRIPT = 'script',
+
+	SUPPORT_CLONED_EVENTS = false,
+
 	VALUE = 'value';
 
-	// Event cloning detection support based on pieces from jQuery
+	/*
+		Parts of this file are used from jQuery (http://jquery.com)
+		Dual-licensed under MIT/GPL
+	*/
 	var div = document.createElement('div');
-	div.innerHTML = '&nbsp;'; // IE throws an error on fireEvent if the element does not have child nodes
+
+	div.style.display = 'none';
+	div.innerHTML = '   <link/><table></table>&nbsp;';
 
 	if (div.attachEvent && div.fireEvent) {
 		div.attachEvent(
 			'onclick',
 			function(){
-				CLONED_EVENTS = true;
+				SUPPORT_CLONED_EVENTS = true;
 
 				div.detachEvent('onclick', arguments.callee);
 			}
@@ -46,6 +56,43 @@ var Lang = A.Lang,
 		div.cloneNode(true).fireEvent('onclick');
 	}
 
+	var SUPPORT_SERIALIZE_HTML = !!div.getElementsByTagName('link').length,
+		SUPPORT_OPTIONAL_TBODY = !div.getElementsByTagName('tbody').length,
+		SUPPORT_LEADING_WHITESPACE = div.firstChild.nodeType === 3;
+
+	var REGEX_LEADING_WHITE_SPACE = /^\s+/,
+		REGEX_IE8_ACTION = /=([^=\x27\x22>\s]+\/)>/g,
+		REGEX_XHTML_TAG = /(<([\w:]+)[^>]*?)\/>/g,
+		REGEX_SELF_CLOSING_ELEMENT = /^(?:area|br|col|embed|hr|img|input|link|meta|param)$/i,
+		REGEX_TAGNAME = /<([\w:]+)/,
+		REGEX_TBODY = /<tbody/i,
+		REGEX_HTML = /<|&#?\w+;/,
+
+		FN_CLOSE_TAG = function(all, start, tagName) {
+			return REGEX_SELF_CLOSING_ELEMENT.test(tagName)
+					? all
+					: start + '></' + tagName + '>';
+		};
+
+	var MAP_WRAPPERS = {
+		_default: [0, STR_EMPTY, STR_EMPTY],
+		area: [1, '<map>', '</map>'],
+		col: [2, '<table><tbody></tbody><colgroup>', '</colgroup></table>'],
+		legend: [1, '<fieldset>', '</fieldset>'],
+		option: [1, '<select multiple="multiple">', '</select>'],
+		td: [3, '<table><tbody><tr>', '</tr></tbody></table>'],
+		thead: [1, '<table>', '</table>'],
+		tr: [2, '<table><tbody>', '</tbody></table>']
+	};
+
+	MAP_WRAPPERS.optgroup = MAP_WRAPPERS.option;
+	MAP_WRAPPERS.tbody = MAP_WRAPPERS.tfoot = MAP_WRAPPERS.colgroup = MAP_WRAPPERS.caption = MAP_WRAPPERS.thead;
+	MAP_WRAPPERS.th = MAP_WRAPPERS.td;
+
+	if (!SUPPORT_SERIALIZE_HTML) {
+		MAP_WRAPPERS._default = [1, 'div<div>', '</div>'];
+	}
+
 /**
  * Augment the <a href="Node.html">YUI3 Node</a> with more util methods.
  *
@@ -215,13 +262,17 @@ A.mix(A.Node.prototype, {
 	clone: (function() {
 		var clone;
 
-		if (CLONED_EVENTS) {
+		if (SUPPORT_CLONED_EVENTS) {
 			clone = function() {
 				var el = this.getDOM();
 				var clone;
 
 				if (el.nodeType != 3) {
-					clone = A.Node.create(this.outerHTML())
+					var outerHTML = this.outerHTML();
+
+					outerHTML = outerHTML.replace(REGEX_IE8_ACTION, '="$1">').replace(REGEX_LEADING_WHITE_SPACE, '');
+
+					clone = A.one(A.Node._prepareHTML(outerHTML)[0]);
 				}
 				else {
 					clone = A.one(el.cloneNode());
@@ -913,7 +964,7 @@ A.mix(A.Node.prototype, {
 		var parent = instance.get(PARENT_NODE);
 
 		if (parent) {
-			if (Lang.isString(newNode)) {
+			if (isString(newNode)) {
 				newNode = A.Node.create(newNode);
 			}
 
@@ -933,6 +984,71 @@ A.mix(A.Node.prototype, {
 	}
 }, true);
 
+A.Node._prepareHTML = function(element) {
+	var doc = A.config.doc;
+
+	var returnData = [];
+
+	if (isString(element)) {
+		if (!REGEX_HTML.test(element)) {
+			element = doc.createTextNode(element);
+		}
+		else {
+			element = element.replace(REGEX_XHTML_TAG, FN_CLOSE_TAG);
+
+			var tagName = (REGEX_TAGNAME.exec(element) || ARRAY_EMPTY_STRINGS)[1].toLowerCase();
+			var wrap = MAP_WRAPPERS[tagName] || MAP_WRAPPERS._default;
+			var depth = wrap[0];
+			var div = doc.createElement('div');
+
+			div.innerHTML = wrap[1] + element + wrap[2];
+
+			while (depth--) {
+				div = div.lastChild;
+			}
+
+			if (!SUPPORT_OPTIONAL_TBODY) {
+				var hasTBody = REGEX_TBODY.test(element);
+				var tbody = [];
+
+				if (tagName == 'table' && !hasTBody) {
+					if (div.firstChild) {
+						tbody = div.firstChild.childNodes;
+					}
+				}
+				else {
+					if (wrap[1] == '<table>' && !hasTBody) {
+						tbody = div.childNodes;
+					}
+				}
+
+				for (var i = tbody.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
+					var node = tbody[i];
+
+					if (node.nodeName.toLowerCase() == 'tbody' && node.childNodes.length) {
+						node.parentNode.removeChild(node);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			if (!SUPPORT_LEADING_WHITESPACE && REGEX_LEADING_WHITE_SPACE.test(element)) {
+				div.insertBefore(doc.createTextNode(REGEX_LEADING_WHITE_SPACE.exec(element)[0]), div.firstChild);
+			}
+
+			element = div.childNodes;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (element.nodeType) {
+		returnData.push(element);
+	}
+	else {
+		returnData = element;
+	}
+
+	return returnData;
+};
+
 /**
  * Augment the <a href="NodeList.html">YUI3 NodeList</a> with more util methods.
  *
diff --git a/build/aui-node/aui-node-base-min.js b/build/aui-node/aui-node-base-min.js
index 20224536e43..d9da0e06340 100644
--- a/build/aui-node/aui-node-base-min.js
+++ b/build/aui-node/aui-node-base-min.js
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
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\ No newline at end of file
+AUI.add("aui-node-base",function(V){var F=V.Lang,O=F.isArray,N=F.isObject,Q=F.isString,E=F.isUndefined,c=F.isValue,J=V.ClassNameManager.getClassName,W="",R=[W,W],D="helper",h=J(D,"hidden"),X=J(D,"unselectable"),Z="innerHTML",f="nextSibling",L="none",K="parentNode",M="script",U=false,H="value";var T=document.createElement("div");T.style.display="none";T.innerHTML="   <link/><table></table>&nbsp;";if(T.attachEvent&&T.fireEvent){T.attachEvent("onclick",function(){U=true;T.detachEvent("onclick",arguments.callee);});T.cloneNode(true).fireEvent("onclick");}var P=!!T.getElementsByTagName("link").length,I=!T.getElementsByTagName("tbody").length,C=T.firstChild.nodeType===3;var b=/^\s+/,B=/=([^=\x27\x22>\s]+\/)>/g,a=/(<([\w:]+)[^>]*?)\/>/g,g=/^(?:area|br|col|embed|hr|img|input|link|meta|param)$/i,S=/<([\w:]+)/,e=/<tbody/i,d=/<|&#?\w+;/,G=function(i,j,A){return g.test(A)?i:j+"></"+A+">";};var 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diff --git a/build/aui-node/aui-node-base.js b/build/aui-node/aui-node-base.js
index e78bf7ba9de..2be5abbd2a6 100644
--- a/build/aui-node/aui-node-base.js
+++ b/build/aui-node/aui-node-base.js
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ var Lang = A.Lang,
 
 	getClassName = A.ClassNameManager.getClassName,
 
-	CLONED_EVENTS = false,
+	STR_EMPTY = '',
+
+	ARRAY_EMPTY_STRINGS = [STR_EMPTY, STR_EMPTY],
 
 	HELPER = 'helper',
 
@@ -27,17 +29,25 @@ var Lang = A.Lang,
 	NONE = 'none',
 	PARENT_NODE = 'parentNode',
 	SCRIPT = 'script',
+
+	SUPPORT_CLONED_EVENTS = false,
+
 	VALUE = 'value';
 
-	// Event cloning detection support based on pieces from jQuery
+	/*
+		Parts of this file are used from jQuery (http://jquery.com)
+		Dual-licensed under MIT/GPL
+	*/
 	var div = document.createElement('div');
-	div.innerHTML = '&nbsp;'; // IE throws an error on fireEvent if the element does not have child nodes
+
+	div.style.display = 'none';
+	div.innerHTML = '   <link/><table></table>&nbsp;';
 
 	if (div.attachEvent && div.fireEvent) {
 		div.attachEvent(
 			'onclick',
 			function(){
-				CLONED_EVENTS = true;
+				SUPPORT_CLONED_EVENTS = true;
 
 				div.detachEvent('onclick', arguments.callee);
 			}
@@ -46,6 +56,43 @@ var Lang = A.Lang,
 		div.cloneNode(true).fireEvent('onclick');
 	}
 
+	var SUPPORT_SERIALIZE_HTML = !!div.getElementsByTagName('link').length,
+		SUPPORT_OPTIONAL_TBODY = !div.getElementsByTagName('tbody').length,
+		SUPPORT_LEADING_WHITESPACE = div.firstChild.nodeType === 3;
+
+	var REGEX_LEADING_WHITE_SPACE = /^\s+/,
+		REGEX_IE8_ACTION = /=([^=\x27\x22>\s]+\/)>/g,
+		REGEX_XHTML_TAG = /(<([\w:]+)[^>]*?)\/>/g,
+		REGEX_SELF_CLOSING_ELEMENT = /^(?:area|br|col|embed|hr|img|input|link|meta|param)$/i,
+		REGEX_TAGNAME = /<([\w:]+)/,
+		REGEX_TBODY = /<tbody/i,
+		REGEX_HTML = /<|&#?\w+;/,
+
+		FN_CLOSE_TAG = function(all, start, tagName) {
+			return REGEX_SELF_CLOSING_ELEMENT.test(tagName)
+					? all
+					: start + '></' + tagName + '>';
+		};
+
+	var MAP_WRAPPERS = {
+		_default: [0, STR_EMPTY, STR_EMPTY],
+		area: [1, '<map>', '</map>'],
+		col: [2, '<table><tbody></tbody><colgroup>', '</colgroup></table>'],
+		legend: [1, '<fieldset>', '</fieldset>'],
+		option: [1, '<select multiple="multiple">', '</select>'],
+		td: [3, '<table><tbody><tr>', '</tr></tbody></table>'],
+		thead: [1, '<table>', '</table>'],
+		tr: [2, '<table><tbody>', '</tbody></table>']
+	};
+
+	MAP_WRAPPERS.optgroup = MAP_WRAPPERS.option;
+	MAP_WRAPPERS.tbody = MAP_WRAPPERS.tfoot = MAP_WRAPPERS.colgroup = MAP_WRAPPERS.caption = MAP_WRAPPERS.thead;
+	MAP_WRAPPERS.th = MAP_WRAPPERS.td;
+
+	if (!SUPPORT_SERIALIZE_HTML) {
+		MAP_WRAPPERS._default = [1, 'div<div>', '</div>'];
+	}
+
 /**
  * Augment the <a href="Node.html">YUI3 Node</a> with more util methods.
  *
@@ -215,13 +262,17 @@ A.mix(A.Node.prototype, {
 	clone: (function() {
 		var clone;
 
-		if (CLONED_EVENTS) {
+		if (SUPPORT_CLONED_EVENTS) {
 			clone = function() {
 				var el = this.getDOM();
 				var clone;
 
 				if (el.nodeType != 3) {
-					clone = A.Node.create(this.outerHTML())
+					var outerHTML = this.outerHTML();
+
+					outerHTML = outerHTML.replace(REGEX_IE8_ACTION, '="$1">').replace(REGEX_LEADING_WHITE_SPACE, '');
+
+					clone = A.one(A.Node._prepareHTML(outerHTML)[0]);
 				}
 				else {
 					clone = A.one(el.cloneNode());
@@ -913,7 +964,7 @@ A.mix(A.Node.prototype, {
 		var parent = instance.get(PARENT_NODE);
 
 		if (parent) {
-			if (Lang.isString(newNode)) {
+			if (isString(newNode)) {
 				newNode = A.Node.create(newNode);
 			}
 
@@ -933,6 +984,71 @@ A.mix(A.Node.prototype, {
 	}
 }, true);
 
+A.Node._prepareHTML = function(element) {
+	var doc = A.config.doc;
+
+	var returnData = [];
+
+	if (isString(element)) {
+		if (!REGEX_HTML.test(element)) {
+			element = doc.createTextNode(element);
+		}
+		else {
+			element = element.replace(REGEX_XHTML_TAG, FN_CLOSE_TAG);
+
+			var tagName = (REGEX_TAGNAME.exec(element) || ARRAY_EMPTY_STRINGS)[1].toLowerCase();
+			var wrap = MAP_WRAPPERS[tagName] || MAP_WRAPPERS._default;
+			var depth = wrap[0];
+			var div = doc.createElement('div');
+
+			div.innerHTML = wrap[1] + element + wrap[2];
+
+			while (depth--) {
+				div = div.lastChild;
+			}
+
+			if (!SUPPORT_OPTIONAL_TBODY) {
+				var hasTBody = REGEX_TBODY.test(element);
+				var tbody = [];
+
+				if (tagName == 'table' && !hasTBody) {
+					if (div.firstChild) {
+						tbody = div.firstChild.childNodes;
+					}
+				}
+				else {
+					if (wrap[1] == '<table>' && !hasTBody) {
+						tbody = div.childNodes;
+					}
+				}
+
+				for (var i = tbody.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
+					var node = tbody[i];
+
+					if (node.nodeName.toLowerCase() == 'tbody' && node.childNodes.length) {
+						node.parentNode.removeChild(node);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			if (!SUPPORT_LEADING_WHITESPACE && REGEX_LEADING_WHITE_SPACE.test(element)) {
+				div.insertBefore(doc.createTextNode(REGEX_LEADING_WHITE_SPACE.exec(element)[0]), div.firstChild);
+			}
+
+			element = div.childNodes;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (element.nodeType) {
+		returnData.push(element);
+	}
+	else {
+		returnData = element;
+	}
+
+	return returnData;
+};
+
 /**
  * Augment the <a href="NodeList.html">YUI3 NodeList</a> with more util methods.
  *
diff --git a/build/aui-node/aui-node-debug.js b/build/aui-node/aui-node-debug.js
index 285d02243a3..fd0527d49e7 100644
--- a/build/aui-node/aui-node-debug.js
+++ b/build/aui-node/aui-node-debug.js
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ var Lang = A.Lang,
 
 	getClassName = A.ClassNameManager.getClassName,
 
-	CLONED_EVENTS = false,
+	STR_EMPTY = '',
+
+	ARRAY_EMPTY_STRINGS = [STR_EMPTY, STR_EMPTY],
 
 	HELPER = 'helper',
 
@@ -27,17 +29,25 @@ var Lang = A.Lang,
 	NONE = 'none',
 	PARENT_NODE = 'parentNode',
 	SCRIPT = 'script',
+
+	SUPPORT_CLONED_EVENTS = false,
+
 	VALUE = 'value';
 
-	// Event cloning detection support based on pieces from jQuery
+	/*
+		Parts of this file are used from jQuery (http://jquery.com)
+		Dual-licensed under MIT/GPL
+	*/
 	var div = document.createElement('div');
-	div.innerHTML = '&nbsp;'; // IE throws an error on fireEvent if the element does not have child nodes
+
+	div.style.display = 'none';
+	div.innerHTML = '   <link/><table></table>&nbsp;';
 
 	if (div.attachEvent && div.fireEvent) {
 		div.attachEvent(
 			'onclick',
 			function(){
-				CLONED_EVENTS = true;
+				SUPPORT_CLONED_EVENTS = true;
 
 				div.detachEvent('onclick', arguments.callee);
 			}
@@ -46,6 +56,43 @@ var Lang = A.Lang,
 		div.cloneNode(true).fireEvent('onclick');
 	}
 
+	var SUPPORT_SERIALIZE_HTML = !!div.getElementsByTagName('link').length,
+		SUPPORT_OPTIONAL_TBODY = !div.getElementsByTagName('tbody').length,
+		SUPPORT_LEADING_WHITESPACE = div.firstChild.nodeType === 3;
+
+	var REGEX_LEADING_WHITE_SPACE = /^\s+/,
+		REGEX_IE8_ACTION = /=([^=\x27\x22>\s]+\/)>/g,
+		REGEX_XHTML_TAG = /(<([\w:]+)[^>]*?)\/>/g,
+		REGEX_SELF_CLOSING_ELEMENT = /^(?:area|br|col|embed|hr|img|input|link|meta|param)$/i,
+		REGEX_TAGNAME = /<([\w:]+)/,
+		REGEX_TBODY = /<tbody/i,
+		REGEX_HTML = /<|&#?\w+;/,
+
+		FN_CLOSE_TAG = function(all, start, tagName) {
+			return REGEX_SELF_CLOSING_ELEMENT.test(tagName)
+					? all
+					: start + '></' + tagName + '>';
+		};
+
+	var MAP_WRAPPERS = {
+		_default: [0, STR_EMPTY, STR_EMPTY],
+		area: [1, '<map>', '</map>'],
+		col: [2, '<table><tbody></tbody><colgroup>', '</colgroup></table>'],
+		legend: [1, '<fieldset>', '</fieldset>'],
+		option: [1, '<select multiple="multiple">', '</select>'],
+		td: [3, '<table><tbody><tr>', '</tr></tbody></table>'],
+		thead: [1, '<table>', '</table>'],
+		tr: [2, '<table><tbody>', '</tbody></table>']
+	};
+
+	MAP_WRAPPERS.optgroup = MAP_WRAPPERS.option;
+	MAP_WRAPPERS.tbody = MAP_WRAPPERS.tfoot = MAP_WRAPPERS.colgroup = MAP_WRAPPERS.caption = MAP_WRAPPERS.thead;
+	MAP_WRAPPERS.th = MAP_WRAPPERS.td;
+
+	if (!SUPPORT_SERIALIZE_HTML) {
+		MAP_WRAPPERS._default = [1, 'div<div>', '</div>'];
+	}
+
 /**
  * Augment the <a href="Node.html">YUI3 Node</a> with more util methods.
  *
@@ -215,13 +262,17 @@ A.mix(A.Node.prototype, {
 	clone: (function() {
 		var clone;
 
-		if (CLONED_EVENTS) {
+		if (SUPPORT_CLONED_EVENTS) {
 			clone = function() {
 				var el = this.getDOM();
 				var clone;
 
 				if (el.nodeType != 3) {
-					clone = A.Node.create(this.outerHTML())
+					var outerHTML = this.outerHTML();
+
+					outerHTML = outerHTML.replace(REGEX_IE8_ACTION, '="$1">').replace(REGEX_LEADING_WHITE_SPACE, '');
+
+					clone = A.one(A.Node._prepareHTML(outerHTML)[0]);
 				}
 				else {
 					clone = A.one(el.cloneNode());
@@ -913,7 +964,7 @@ A.mix(A.Node.prototype, {
 		var parent = instance.get(PARENT_NODE);
 
 		if (parent) {
-			if (Lang.isString(newNode)) {
+			if (isString(newNode)) {
 				newNode = A.Node.create(newNode);
 			}
 
@@ -933,6 +984,71 @@ A.mix(A.Node.prototype, {
 	}
 }, true);
 
+A.Node._prepareHTML = function(element) {
+	var doc = A.config.doc;
+
+	var returnData = [];
+
+	if (isString(element)) {
+		if (!REGEX_HTML.test(element)) {
+			element = doc.createTextNode(element);
+		}
+		else {
+			element = element.replace(REGEX_XHTML_TAG, FN_CLOSE_TAG);
+
+			var tagName = (REGEX_TAGNAME.exec(element) || ARRAY_EMPTY_STRINGS)[1].toLowerCase();
+			var wrap = MAP_WRAPPERS[tagName] || MAP_WRAPPERS._default;
+			var depth = wrap[0];
+			var div = doc.createElement('div');
+
+			div.innerHTML = wrap[1] + element + wrap[2];
+
+			while (depth--) {
+				div = div.lastChild;
+			}
+
+			if (!SUPPORT_OPTIONAL_TBODY) {
+				var hasTBody = REGEX_TBODY.test(element);
+				var tbody = [];
+
+				if (tagName == 'table' && !hasTBody) {
+					if (div.firstChild) {
+						tbody = div.firstChild.childNodes;
+					}
+				}
+				else {
+					if (wrap[1] == '<table>' && !hasTBody) {
+						tbody = div.childNodes;
+					}
+				}
+
+				for (var i = tbody.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
+					var node = tbody[i];
+
+					if (node.nodeName.toLowerCase() == 'tbody' && node.childNodes.length) {
+						node.parentNode.removeChild(node);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			if (!SUPPORT_LEADING_WHITESPACE && REGEX_LEADING_WHITE_SPACE.test(element)) {
+				div.insertBefore(doc.createTextNode(REGEX_LEADING_WHITE_SPACE.exec(element)[0]), div.firstChild);
+			}
+
+			element = div.childNodes;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (element.nodeType) {
+		returnData.push(element);
+	}
+	else {
+		returnData = element;
+	}
+
+	return returnData;
+};
+
 /**
  * Augment the <a href="NodeList.html">YUI3 NodeList</a> with more util methods.
  *
diff --git a/build/aui-node/aui-node-min.js b/build/aui-node/aui-node-min.js
index 7060532bf88..25fbeb59a3d 100644
--- a/build/aui-node/aui-node-min.js
+++ b/build/aui-node/aui-node-min.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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+G=C(G);var F=H.get("to.opacity")||0;if(F==1){F=0;}B.mix(G,{from:{opacity:F},to:{opacity:1},reverse:false});H.setAttrs(G);H.run();},fadeOut:function(F){var A=this;var G=A.get("fx");F=C(F);B.mix(F,{from:{opacity:G.get("to.opacity")||1},to:{opacity:0},reverse:false});G.setAttrs(F);G.run();},fadeTo:function(G,J){var A=this;var F=0;if(D.isNumber(G)||D.isString(G)){F=parseFloat(G);G=null;}G=G||{};J=J||1;if(D.isString(J)){var I=J.toLowerCase();if(I in E){J=E[I];}}B.mix(G,{duration:J,to:{opacity:F},reverse:false});var H=A.get("fx");H.setAttrs(G);H.run();},fadeToggle:function(J){var F=this;J=J||1;if(D.isString(J)){var H=J.toLowerCase();if(H in E){J=E[H];}}var G=F.get("fx");if(false&&!G._fadeToggleSet){G._fadeToggleSet={from:{opacity:0},to:{opacity:1}};G.setAttrs(G._fadeToggleSet);}var I=G.get("from.opacity");var A=G.get("to.opacity");if(D.isUndefined(I)){I=0;}if(D.isUndefined(A)){A=1;}I=Math.round(I);A=Math.round(A);if(I==A){A=(I==1)?0:1;}G.setAttrs({from:{opacity:I},to:{opacity:A},duration:J,reverse:!G.get("reverse")});G.run();},slideDown:function(F){var A=this;var G=A.get("fx");F=C(F);B.mix(F,{from:{height:0},to:{height:function(H){return H.get("scrollHeight");}},reverse:false});G.setAttrs(F);G.on("start",function(H){G.detach("nodefx:start",arguments.callee);A.setStyle("overflow","hidden");});G.run();},slideToggle:function(F){var A=this;var G=A.get("fx");var I=1;if(D.isNumber(F)){I=F;}if(D.isString(F)){var H=F.toLowerCase();if(H in E){I=E[H];}}if(!G._slideToggleSet){G.setAttrs({from:{height:0},to:{height:function(J){return J.get("scrollHeight");}},reverse:false});G._slideToggleSet=true;}G.on("start",function(J){G.detach("nodefx:start",arguments.callee);A.setStyle("overflow","hidden");});G.set("duration",I);G.set("reverse",!G.get("reverse"));G.run();},slideUp:function(F){var A=this;var G=A.get("fx");F=C(F);B.mix(F,{from:{height:function(H){return H.get("scrollHeight");}},to:{height:0},reverse:false});G.setAttrs(F);G.on("start",function(H){G.detach("nodefx:start",arguments.callee);A.setStyle("overflow","hidden");});G.run();}});},"@VERSION@",{requires:["aui-base","anim","anim-node-plugin"]});AUI.add("aui-node",function(B){},"@VERSION@",{skinnable:false,use:["aui-node-base","aui-node-html5","aui-node-html5-print","aui-node-fx"]});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build/aui-node/aui-node.js b/build/aui-node/aui-node.js
index 285d02243a3..fd0527d49e7 100644
--- a/build/aui-node/aui-node.js
+++ b/build/aui-node/aui-node.js
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ var Lang = A.Lang,
 
 	getClassName = A.ClassNameManager.getClassName,
 
-	CLONED_EVENTS = false,
+	STR_EMPTY = '',
+
+	ARRAY_EMPTY_STRINGS = [STR_EMPTY, STR_EMPTY],
 
 	HELPER = 'helper',
 
@@ -27,17 +29,25 @@ var Lang = A.Lang,
 	NONE = 'none',
 	PARENT_NODE = 'parentNode',
 	SCRIPT = 'script',
+
+	SUPPORT_CLONED_EVENTS = false,
+
 	VALUE = 'value';
 
-	// Event cloning detection support based on pieces from jQuery
+	/*
+		Parts of this file are used from jQuery (http://jquery.com)
+		Dual-licensed under MIT/GPL
+	*/
 	var div = document.createElement('div');
-	div.innerHTML = '&nbsp;'; // IE throws an error on fireEvent if the element does not have child nodes
+
+	div.style.display = 'none';
+	div.innerHTML = '   <link/><table></table>&nbsp;';
 
 	if (div.attachEvent && div.fireEvent) {
 		div.attachEvent(
 			'onclick',
 			function(){
-				CLONED_EVENTS = true;
+				SUPPORT_CLONED_EVENTS = true;
 
 				div.detachEvent('onclick', arguments.callee);
 			}
@@ -46,6 +56,43 @@ var Lang = A.Lang,
 		div.cloneNode(true).fireEvent('onclick');
 	}
 
+	var SUPPORT_SERIALIZE_HTML = !!div.getElementsByTagName('link').length,
+		SUPPORT_OPTIONAL_TBODY = !div.getElementsByTagName('tbody').length,
+		SUPPORT_LEADING_WHITESPACE = div.firstChild.nodeType === 3;
+
+	var REGEX_LEADING_WHITE_SPACE = /^\s+/,
+		REGEX_IE8_ACTION = /=([^=\x27\x22>\s]+\/)>/g,
+		REGEX_XHTML_TAG = /(<([\w:]+)[^>]*?)\/>/g,
+		REGEX_SELF_CLOSING_ELEMENT = /^(?:area|br|col|embed|hr|img|input|link|meta|param)$/i,
+		REGEX_TAGNAME = /<([\w:]+)/,
+		REGEX_TBODY = /<tbody/i,
+		REGEX_HTML = /<|&#?\w+;/,
+
+		FN_CLOSE_TAG = function(all, start, tagName) {
+			return REGEX_SELF_CLOSING_ELEMENT.test(tagName)
+					? all
+					: start + '></' + tagName + '>';
+		};
+
+	var MAP_WRAPPERS = {
+		_default: [0, STR_EMPTY, STR_EMPTY],
+		area: [1, '<map>', '</map>'],
+		col: [2, '<table><tbody></tbody><colgroup>', '</colgroup></table>'],
+		legend: [1, '<fieldset>', '</fieldset>'],
+		option: [1, '<select multiple="multiple">', '</select>'],
+		td: [3, '<table><tbody><tr>', '</tr></tbody></table>'],
+		thead: [1, '<table>', '</table>'],
+		tr: [2, '<table><tbody>', '</tbody></table>']
+	};
+
+	MAP_WRAPPERS.optgroup = MAP_WRAPPERS.option;
+	MAP_WRAPPERS.tbody = MAP_WRAPPERS.tfoot = MAP_WRAPPERS.colgroup = MAP_WRAPPERS.caption = MAP_WRAPPERS.thead;
+	MAP_WRAPPERS.th = MAP_WRAPPERS.td;
+
+	if (!SUPPORT_SERIALIZE_HTML) {
+		MAP_WRAPPERS._default = [1, 'div<div>', '</div>'];
+	}
+
 /**
  * Augment the <a href="Node.html">YUI3 Node</a> with more util methods.
  *
@@ -215,13 +262,17 @@ A.mix(A.Node.prototype, {
 	clone: (function() {
 		var clone;
 
-		if (CLONED_EVENTS) {
+		if (SUPPORT_CLONED_EVENTS) {
 			clone = function() {
 				var el = this.getDOM();
 				var clone;
 
 				if (el.nodeType != 3) {
-					clone = A.Node.create(this.outerHTML())
+					var outerHTML = this.outerHTML();
+
+					outerHTML = outerHTML.replace(REGEX_IE8_ACTION, '="$1">').replace(REGEX_LEADING_WHITE_SPACE, '');
+
+					clone = A.one(A.Node._prepareHTML(outerHTML)[0]);
 				}
 				else {
 					clone = A.one(el.cloneNode());
@@ -913,7 +964,7 @@ A.mix(A.Node.prototype, {
 		var parent = instance.get(PARENT_NODE);
 
 		if (parent) {
-			if (Lang.isString(newNode)) {
+			if (isString(newNode)) {
 				newNode = A.Node.create(newNode);
 			}
 
@@ -933,6 +984,71 @@ A.mix(A.Node.prototype, {
 	}
 }, true);
 
+A.Node._prepareHTML = function(element) {
+	var doc = A.config.doc;
+
+	var returnData = [];
+
+	if (isString(element)) {
+		if (!REGEX_HTML.test(element)) {
+			element = doc.createTextNode(element);
+		}
+		else {
+			element = element.replace(REGEX_XHTML_TAG, FN_CLOSE_TAG);
+
+			var tagName = (REGEX_TAGNAME.exec(element) || ARRAY_EMPTY_STRINGS)[1].toLowerCase();
+			var wrap = MAP_WRAPPERS[tagName] || MAP_WRAPPERS._default;
+			var depth = wrap[0];
+			var div = doc.createElement('div');
+
+			div.innerHTML = wrap[1] + element + wrap[2];
+
+			while (depth--) {
+				div = div.lastChild;
+			}
+
+			if (!SUPPORT_OPTIONAL_TBODY) {
+				var hasTBody = REGEX_TBODY.test(element);
+				var tbody = [];
+
+				if (tagName == 'table' && !hasTBody) {
+					if (div.firstChild) {
+						tbody = div.firstChild.childNodes;
+					}
+				}
+				else {
+					if (wrap[1] == '<table>' && !hasTBody) {
+						tbody = div.childNodes;
+					}
+				}
+
+				for (var i = tbody.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
+					var node = tbody[i];
+
+					if (node.nodeName.toLowerCase() == 'tbody' && node.childNodes.length) {
+						node.parentNode.removeChild(node);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			if (!SUPPORT_LEADING_WHITESPACE && REGEX_LEADING_WHITE_SPACE.test(element)) {
+				div.insertBefore(doc.createTextNode(REGEX_LEADING_WHITE_SPACE.exec(element)[0]), div.firstChild);
+			}
+
+			element = div.childNodes;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (element.nodeType) {
+		returnData.push(element);
+	}
+	else {
+		returnData = element;
+	}
+
+	return returnData;
+};
+
 /**
  * Augment the <a href="NodeList.html">YUI3 NodeList</a> with more util methods.
  *
diff --git a/src/aui-node/js/aui-node-base.js b/src/aui-node/js/aui-node-base.js
index 9e231ecd482..81932e102c7 100644
--- a/src/aui-node/js/aui-node-base.js
+++ b/src/aui-node/js/aui-node-base.js
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ var Lang = A.Lang,
 
 	getClassName = A.ClassNameManager.getClassName,
 
-	CLONED_EVENTS = false,
+	STR_EMPTY = '',
+
+	ARRAY_EMPTY_STRINGS = [STR_EMPTY, STR_EMPTY],
 
 	HELPER = 'helper',
 
@@ -26,17 +28,25 @@ var Lang = A.Lang,
 	NONE = 'none',
 	PARENT_NODE = 'parentNode',
 	SCRIPT = 'script',
+
+	SUPPORT_CLONED_EVENTS = false,
+
 	VALUE = 'value';
 
-	// Event cloning detection support based on pieces from jQuery
+	/*
+		Parts of this file are used from jQuery (http://jquery.com)
+		Dual-licensed under MIT/GPL
+	*/
 	var div = document.createElement('div');
-	div.innerHTML = '&nbsp;'; // IE throws an error on fireEvent if the element does not have child nodes
+
+	div.style.display = 'none';
+	div.innerHTML = '   <link/><table></table>&nbsp;';
 
 	if (div.attachEvent && div.fireEvent) {
 		div.attachEvent(
 			'onclick',
 			function(){
-				CLONED_EVENTS = true;
+				SUPPORT_CLONED_EVENTS = true;
 
 				div.detachEvent('onclick', arguments.callee);
 			}
@@ -45,6 +55,43 @@ var Lang = A.Lang,
 		div.cloneNode(true).fireEvent('onclick');
 	}
 
+	var SUPPORT_SERIALIZE_HTML = !!div.getElementsByTagName('link').length,
+		SUPPORT_OPTIONAL_TBODY = !div.getElementsByTagName('tbody').length,
+		SUPPORT_LEADING_WHITESPACE = div.firstChild.nodeType === 3;
+
+	var REGEX_LEADING_WHITE_SPACE = /^\s+/,
+		REGEX_IE8_ACTION = /=([^=\x27\x22>\s]+\/)>/g,
+		REGEX_XHTML_TAG = /(<([\w:]+)[^>]*?)\/>/g,
+		REGEX_SELF_CLOSING_ELEMENT = /^(?:area|br|col|embed|hr|img|input|link|meta|param)$/i,
+		REGEX_TAGNAME = /<([\w:]+)/,
+		REGEX_TBODY = /<tbody/i,
+		REGEX_HTML = /<|&#?\w+;/,
+
+		FN_CLOSE_TAG = function(all, start, tagName) {
+			return REGEX_SELF_CLOSING_ELEMENT.test(tagName)
+					? all
+					: start + '></' + tagName + '>';
+		};
+
+	var MAP_WRAPPERS = {
+		_default: [0, STR_EMPTY, STR_EMPTY],
+		area: [1, '<map>', '</map>'],
+		col: [2, '<table><tbody></tbody><colgroup>', '</colgroup></table>'],
+		legend: [1, '<fieldset>', '</fieldset>'],
+		option: [1, '<select multiple="multiple">', '</select>'],
+		td: [3, '<table><tbody><tr>', '</tr></tbody></table>'],
+		thead: [1, '<table>', '</table>'],
+		tr: [2, '<table><tbody>', '</tbody></table>']
+	};
+
+	MAP_WRAPPERS.optgroup = MAP_WRAPPERS.option;
+	MAP_WRAPPERS.tbody = MAP_WRAPPERS.tfoot = MAP_WRAPPERS.colgroup = MAP_WRAPPERS.caption = MAP_WRAPPERS.thead;
+	MAP_WRAPPERS.th = MAP_WRAPPERS.td;
+
+	if (!SUPPORT_SERIALIZE_HTML) {
+		MAP_WRAPPERS._default = [1, 'div<div>', '</div>'];
+	}
+
 /**
  * Augment the <a href="Node.html">YUI3 Node</a> with more util methods.
  *
@@ -214,13 +261,17 @@ A.mix(A.Node.prototype, {
 	clone: (function() {
 		var clone;
 
-		if (CLONED_EVENTS) {
+		if (SUPPORT_CLONED_EVENTS) {
 			clone = function() {
 				var el = this.getDOM();
 				var clone;
 
 				if (el.nodeType != 3) {
-					clone = A.Node.create(this.outerHTML())
+					var outerHTML = this.outerHTML();
+
+					outerHTML = outerHTML.replace(REGEX_IE8_ACTION, '="$1">').replace(REGEX_LEADING_WHITE_SPACE, '');
+
+					clone = A.one(A.Node._prepareHTML(outerHTML)[0]);
 				}
 				else {
 					clone = A.one(el.cloneNode());
@@ -912,7 +963,7 @@ A.mix(A.Node.prototype, {
 		var parent = instance.get(PARENT_NODE);
 
 		if (parent) {
-			if (Lang.isString(newNode)) {
+			if (isString(newNode)) {
 				newNode = A.Node.create(newNode);
 			}
 
@@ -932,6 +983,71 @@ A.mix(A.Node.prototype, {
 	}
 }, true);
 
+A.Node._prepareHTML = function(element) {
+	var doc = A.config.doc;
+
+	var returnData = [];
+
+	if (isString(element)) {
+		if (!REGEX_HTML.test(element)) {
+			element = doc.createTextNode(element);
+		}
+		else {
+			element = element.replace(REGEX_XHTML_TAG, FN_CLOSE_TAG);
+
+			var tagName = (REGEX_TAGNAME.exec(element) || ARRAY_EMPTY_STRINGS)[1].toLowerCase();
+			var wrap = MAP_WRAPPERS[tagName] || MAP_WRAPPERS._default;
+			var depth = wrap[0];
+			var div = doc.createElement('div');
+
+			div.innerHTML = wrap[1] + element + wrap[2];
+
+			while (depth--) {
+				div = div.lastChild;
+			}
+
+			if (!SUPPORT_OPTIONAL_TBODY) {
+				var hasTBody = REGEX_TBODY.test(element);
+				var tbody = [];
+
+				if (tagName == 'table' && !hasTBody) {
+					if (div.firstChild) {
+						tbody = div.firstChild.childNodes;
+					}
+				}
+				else {
+					if (wrap[1] == '<table>' && !hasTBody) {
+						tbody = div.childNodes;
+					}
+				}
+
+				for (var i = tbody.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
+					var node = tbody[i];
+
+					if (node.nodeName.toLowerCase() == 'tbody' && node.childNodes.length) {
+						node.parentNode.removeChild(node);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			if (!SUPPORT_LEADING_WHITESPACE && REGEX_LEADING_WHITE_SPACE.test(element)) {
+				div.insertBefore(doc.createTextNode(REGEX_LEADING_WHITE_SPACE.exec(element)[0]), div.firstChild);
+			}
+
+			element = div.childNodes;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (element.nodeType) {
+		returnData.push(element);
+	}
+	else {
+		returnData = element;
+	}
+
+	return returnData;
+};
+
 /**
  * Augment the <a href="NodeList.html">YUI3 NodeList</a> with more util methods.
  *