Get element type with jQuery

Question

Is it possible  using jQuery  to find out the type of an element with jQuery  For example  is the element a div  span  select  or input   For example  if I am trying to load values into a drop-down list with jQuery  but the same script can generate code into a set of radio buttons  could I create something like       trigger   live  click   function         var elementType     this  prev   attr WHAT IS IT         Given a drop-down list with a button next to it with the trigger class  my elementType variable should return select upon the button being pressed

User · Answer

you can use  is           ul    click function  event           var target      event target          if   target is   li                 target css   background-color    red                     see source

User · Answer

you should use tagName property and attr  type   for inputs

User · Answer

Use Nodename over tagName       nodeName contains all functionalities of tagName  plus a few more  Therefore nodeName is always the better choice    see DOM Core

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Getting the element type the jQuery way   var elementType     this  prev   prop  nodeName      doing the same without jQuery  var elementType   this previousSibling nodeName    Checking for specific element type   var is element input     this  prev   is  input      true or false

User · Answer

use get 0  tagName  See this link

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As Distdev alluded to  you still need to differentiate the input type  That is to say     this  prev   prop  tagName      will tell you input  but that doesn t differentiate between checkbox text radio  If it s an input  you can then use       elementId   attr  type      to tell you checkbox text radio  so you know what kind of control it is

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also you can use       elementId   get 0  tagName

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