Question

How can I determine what’s the type of a element?

For example, I have a function that’s hooked on all elements that have a certain class. These elements can be textareas, iframes, divs etc. I want to find out what kind of element is the current one.

Answer 1

Here is some working example

HTML:

<span class="some"></span>
<div class="some"></div>

jQuery:

$('.some').each( function ( index ) {
    document.write(index + ':' + $(this).attr("tagName").toLowerCase() + '<br/>');
});