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

tagName what a nice tip. I would like to suggest also to use tagName.toLowerCase() since the value returned depends on the document type (HTML or XML/XHTML).

See: http://reference.sitepoint.com/javascript/Element/tagName

Answer 2

Consider this solution without using each():

var elements = $("[id$=" + endOfIdToMatch + "]");
var vals = elements.is("input").val();
var htmls = elements.is("label").html();
var contents = vals.concat(htmls);

Have a look at the documentation for is.

Answer 3

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() ; 
    }
}