Can we find element type by using element id?

nagar

Hi All,

My requirement may be unrealistic or illogical, but I need to find element type by using it's identifier.

Suppose, there is an element identified by Sahi controller: _textbox("username")

Now, I don't want to use this element identified by controller. I just want to pass the identifier as "username" into script and want to find the element type of id: "username", i.e. "textbox".

Is this possible?

If yes then please provide the solution.


regards,
nagar

lonely_girl01

Hi nagar,

I'm not sure if i have understand correctly what you need, but here is my solution:

_set($emailId, _textbox("").id);
//_set($emailId, _textbox("", _in(_div("form"))).id); //it'll better if DOM relation is specified
_highlight(_textbox($emailId));

narayan

If it is the id of a form element, you can do

var $type = null;
_set($type, document.getElementById("id").type);

_alert($type); // alerts "text"