Get the current element type

How can I find the el tag nam开发者_运维知识库e below (eg. div, p or span) ?

$('div, p, span').each(function(){ 
  var el = $(this);



});

Use the tagName property:

$('div, p, span').each(function(){ 
  var tag = this.tagName;
});

Note: tagName is a property of the element, not a jQuery method.

Using nodeName is better than tagName if you consider consistency between browsers. This has good explanation: Difference between .tagName and .nodeName

$('div, p, span').each(function(){ 
  var el = this.nodeName;
});

<script>
$(function(){
    $("p,div").bind('click',function(){
       var el = this.tagName;
       alert(el);
    });
});
</Script>
<p>p</p>
<div>div</div>

....

more info (example) here

You can use

$(this).prop('tagName')

or

$(e.target).prop('tagName')

to get the selected tag name.