Tag Type Detection

[BeniRose]

I am building some dynamic menus and I want do place them in different
positions based on what my parent tag is. I'm using object.parentNode to get
the parent tag of something I'm inserting. I know that I can use the typeof
function, but that only returns "object" to me, doesn't it? And I know if
Safari, when I alert() the object it tells me what type of tag it is, but
that's the only browser that does this. Is there an easy way to find out what
type of tag (td, tr, table, ul, li, etc) my parentNode is, or am I stuck
testing to see if specific properties exist on the object? Thanks in advance!

[Lionstone]

The tagName property should help you out.

var parentType = object.parentNode.tagName;

if(parentType=='table')
{
//do something
}

etc, etc.


"BeniRose" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>I am building some dynamic menus and I want do place them in different
> positions based on what my parent tag is. I'm using object.parentNode to
> get
> the parent tag of something I'm inserting. I know that I can use the
> typeof
> function, but that only returns "object" to me, doesn't it? And I know if
> Safari, when I alert() the object it tells me what type of tag it is, but
> that's the only browser that does this. Is there an easy way to find out
> what
> type of tag (td, tr, table, ul, li, etc) my parentNode is, or am I stuck
> testing to see if specific properties exist on the object? Thanks in
> advance!
>

[BeniRose]

That was easy! Man, I feel like a newb, but I guess we all have our newb
moments (I hope!). I kept searching for "html tag type" and "tag type
detection" but all I came up with was a lot of flash detection and html
reference tutorials. Guess I need to work on my keyword skills! Thanks a bunch.

[Lionstone]

No problem. :)

"BeniRose" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:ekkc6l$ro6$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> That was easy! Man, I feel like a newb, but I guess we all have our newb
> moments (I hope!). I kept searching for "html tag type" and "tag type
> detection" but all I came up with was a lot of flash detection and html
> reference tutorials. Guess I need to work on my keyword skills! Thanks a
> bunch.
>