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

Yet another solution, arguably more elegant, is to write two separate functions for each element type:

$("input#" + id).each(function() { alert(this + " is an input"); });
$("label#" + id).each(function() { alert(this + " is a label"); });