jQuery: how to change tag name?

Question

jQuery: how to change tag name?

For example:

    $1

I need

    $1

<         


        

Answer 1

You can use this function

var renameTag  = function renameTag($obj, new_tag) {
    var obj = $obj.get(0);
    var tag = obj.tagName.toLowerCase();
    var tag_start = new RegExp('^<' + tag);
    var tag_end = new RegExp('<\\/' + tag + '>$');
    var new_html = obj.outerHTML.replace(tag_start, "<" + new_tag).replace(tag_end, '');
    $obj.replaceWith(new_html);
};

ES6

const renameTag = function ($obj, new_tag) {
    let obj = $obj.get(0);
    let tag = obj.tagName.toLowerCase();
    let tag_start = new RegExp('^<' + tag);
    let tag_end = new RegExp('<\\/' + tag + '>$');
    let new_html = obj.outerHTML.replace(tag_start, "<" + new_tag).replace(tag_end, '');
    $obj.replaceWith(new_html);
};

Sample code

renameTag($(tr),'div');