Is there a way using Jquery or just plain javascript that you can derive if something is a form field? Example
<div id='some_id'></div> or:
<input type='text' id='some_id'> Is there a way to check $('#some_id') to ensure it is actually a valid form field type like input, select, checkbox, radio, etc. and not a div, td or other element?
jQuery has an :input selector that matches form fields (input, textarea, select, etc.)
$(el).is(':input') Where el is a selector or a DOM element.
You can use is() to find out the elements type :
if ( $('#some_id').is('input') ) { // it's an input element } if ( $('#some_id').is('div') ) { // it's a div } you can even check for multiple types :
$('#some_id').is('input, select, textarea, button'); 
textarea or select.
input to :input...
button :)