Thanks for this too. I was looking for the documentation for .is the
other day and couldn't find it.
On Mar 25, 12:26 pm, jerone <jeron...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You can do:
> $("input#foo")
> $("span#foo")
>
> or you can use the "is" function:http://docs.jquery.com/Traversing/is#expr
> if($("#foo").is("span")){
> // code
> }else if($("#foo").is("input")){
> // code
> }
>
> On 25 mrt, 19:15, Brad <nrmlcrpt...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm working on a page that dynamically changes many form elements.
> > Because of the way that different browsers style disabled or readonly
> > text inputs, I'm swapping the input with a span that displays more
> > consistently. I don't need to submit those fields. However, when I do
> > this the affected element's ID does not change. There are also some
> > other cases where a control may change from a free text input to a
> > select menu and vice versa, but again with the same ID.
>
> > If there a way for me to figure out what the type of element for a
> > matched ID? For example if
>
> > $("#foo")
>
> > matches
>
> > <input id="foo" ...>
>
> > I'd like to know it is an input, but if
>
> > $("#foo")
>
> > matches
>
> > <span id="foo" ...>
>
> > I'd like to know it is a span?
