On Feb 9, 2008, at 7:57 AM, Eridius wrote:
now lets say the i have this var element = $('#input_element');is there a way i get get what type of html element this element is(in thecase it would be a input tag)?
sure. try this: element[0].nodeName --Karl _________________ Karl Swedberg www.englishrules.com www.learningjquery.com