How do I determine an HTML input element type upon an event using jQuery?

Question

Given the following sample code:

$(document).ready(function(){
    $(\":input\").blur(function(){
        alert(\"The input type is:\" );  //How would this l         


        

Answer 1

$(this).attr("type");

for example:

$(document).ready(function(){
    $("input").blur(function(){
        alert("The input type is:" + $(this).attr("type"));
    })
});