Replace element and preserve attributes

Question

The following almost works in replace all instances of span[data-type="yesno"] with lis, but I'd like to also preserve the attributes, classes, etc. Is there a way to carry over the attributes in the same way as the html?

$('span[data-type="yesno"]').replaceWith(function(){
    return $("<li>", {html: $(this).html()});
})

Answer 1

You have to loop on your element attributes :

$('span[data-type="yesno"]').replaceWith(function(){
   $li = $("<li>", {html: $(this).html()});
   $.each(this.attributes, function(i, attribute){
        $li.attr(attribute.name, attribute.value);
  });
  return $li;
})