How to find tag name in jQuery

Question

Is there a jQuery function that tells you the tag name for this element?

Say I have an element representing <tr>. What function do I need to call to get "tr"?

I need this for debugging. Thank.

Answer 1

This should be pretty simple, just use the method .get():

nativeElement.tagName;

or

jQueryElement.get(0).tagName;

Or for all cases:

$(element).get(0).tagName;

Answer 2

If you have an item <tr>, follow these steps:

var tagName = tr.tagName.toLowerCase();

If your element is <tr>wrapped in a jQuery object, do:

var tagName = tr.get(0).tagName.toLowerCase();

Answer 3

$('tr')[0].nodeName

Answer 4

JavaScript :

   document.getElementById("<element ID>").tagName

 //inside a method
  this.tagName