Question

Is there a way in jQuery to determine whether an element has a value or innerhtml (or both)? For example, if the element is input then it has a val and I can use:

$(this).val();

But if it’s a div then I need to use:

$(this).html();

I need to know whether I have to use val or HTML. My piece of jQuery is:

$(".myclass").each(function(idx){
  if (this is a val based element)
    use val
  else
    use html
});

Answer 1

this.tagName will tell you which element type you have. jQuery object doesn’t have tagName property.