Javascript examples for jQuery:Tag Traversing
Determine and get object's tag in jQuery
<html> <head> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> $(window).load(function(){//from ww w .j a v a2 s . c om console.log("TagName of #my_field : "+ $('#my_field')[0].tagName) }); </script> </head> <body> <span id="my_field"></span> </body> </html>