Native JavaScript Detach and Attach an HTML Element

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// get the div
var div = document.querySelector('div.a');

// detach the div
div = div.parentNode.removeChild(div);

// attach the div somewhere else
var footer = document.querySelector('.footer');
footer.insertAdjacentHTML('afterend', div.outerHTML);

// listen to an event on the element and handle it
div.addEventListener("click", function (event) {
  // do something
});