Question

I’m trying to see if I’ve selected the right element with jQuery, using console.log($(this)) and I get [object Object]

Why is that and how do I get the element’s name?

Answer 1

jQuery objects are alway array’s, if you want to have the object itselve, use it as an array, like:

console.log($('selector')[0])

Get the name:

console.log($('selector')[0].name)
console.log($('selector').prop("name"))

Get the tagname:

console.log( $('#test')[0].tagName );