How can I determine the element type of a matched element in jQuery?

Question

I\'m matching ASP.Net generated elements by ID name, but I have some elements which may render as text boxes or labels depending on the page context. I need to figure out wh

Answer 1

This the best way to Get the element type

function tgetelementType( elmentid )
{

    var TypeName = $('#' + elmentid).get(0).tagName;
    var TypeName2 = $('#' + elmentid).get(0).type;


    if($('#' + elmentid).get(0).tagName== "INPUT")
    {
       return $('#' + elmentid).get(0).type.toUpperCase()
    }
    else 
    {
        return $('#' + elmentid).get(0).tagName.toUpperCase() ; 
    }
}