Question

Does jQuery have any function to determine the tag type of the DOM element(s) referenced by jQuery object? I am writing a jQuery plugin and…

jQuery.fn.myPlugin() {
    return this.each(function() {
       var $this = $(this);
       // <---------------------------------------HERE!
    });
}

I would like to know if this is an <input> element or a <div> element, without directly using the DOM.

Answer 1

Do this:

this.nodeName;

…or to be safe, convert it to a specific case:

this.nodeName.toLowerCase();

The nodeName property is a property that is widely supported and will give you the tag name in the case of an element node (as in your case).