You can use appendTo() to move element in DOM
Insert every element in the set of matched elements to the end of the target.
Demo
$('.tomove').appendTo('#menu-item'); ul { list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; } li { color: green; } #menu-item:hover { color: red; } <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.0/jquery.min.js"></script> <ul> <li id="menu-item">//move into here</li> </ul> <div class="tomove">Move me There</div>