Another option would be to use the .is() method in combination with jQuery form (pseudo-)selectors like "select" "textarea" ":radio" ":checkbox" ":hidden" See
http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors the "Forms:" section for a list of the form pseudo-selectors. - Richard On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 5:34 AM, JQueryProgrammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > Thanks for the help. > > On Dec 8, 3:28 pm, Kayhadrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you try $("#mycontrolid").attr('type'), you should find the type of > > INPUT tag you have. > > > > On Dec 8, 9:05 pm, JQueryProgrammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > How can I check what is the type of control. eg. > > > > > In javascript document.getElementById("mycontrolid").type will return > > > select-one, textbox, checkbox, radio etc. > > > > > How can I find it in jQuery. I tried as > > > > > $("#mycontrolid").constructor but it returns as Object in all cases. >
