I have this code:
var parent = links[i].parentNode;
I’d like to write something like:
if (parent.typeOfElement == "div") {
...
}
How can I do that?
I have this code: var parent = links[i].parentNode; I’d like to write something like:
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I have this code:
var parent = links[i].parentNode;
I’d like to write something like:
if (parent.typeOfElement == "div") {
...
}
How can I do that?
You can use
.tagName, which is (for elements) the same as.nodeName.So:
Note that the tag name is supposed to be returned in uppercase for HTML, but in XML (including xhtml) it is supposed to preserve the original case – which for xhtml means it should be lowercase. To be safe, and allow for any future changes to your document type and allow for non-standard browser behaviour you might want to convert to all upper or all lower:
In my experience
.tagNameis used much more often, but I gather that some consider.nodeNamea better choice because it works for attributes (and more) as well as elements.