I think I understand what you want. Try this: $('#content :first-child')[0].tagName.toLowerCase(); // Will return "a" if it's an anchor, "div" for a div, "img" for an image tag, etc.
On Apr 7, 12:37 pm, "Mauricio \(Maujor\) Samy Silva" <css.mau...@gmail.com> wrote: > > var $el = xx.is('h2'); //if it indeed matches a h2, returns true? > > -------------------------------------------------------- > var el = $('#continer *:first').is('h2'); > alert(el); // returns true if first child is H2, false otherwise. > > Maurício