Question

If I have set of elements like so:

$('table input, table select').focus( function(){})

… how can I tell if it’s a input or a select that has focus?

Thanks

Answer 1

Use event.target to inspect the type of the element that has been clicked –

$('table input, table select').focus( function(event){
 if ($(event.target).attr("type") === 'text') {
 }
})

http://jsfiddle.net/ipr101/vJPr3/

EDIT

Clearer example without the use of event.target –

$('input, select').focus(function(){
    if($(this)[0].tagName === 'SELECT') alert('select');
    if($(this).attr("type") === 'text') alert('text');      
})

http://jsfiddle.net/ipr101/vJPr3/1/