Do X if element is Y

How do I find if an element is a certain element (like
HTMLTableRowElement) ?

How do I find if an element is a certain element (like
HTMLTableRowElement) ?

Using "alert(typeof el)" simply displays "object" while
"alert(el)" displays "HTMLTableRowElement".
el = document.getElementById('stringValue');
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I need to match this specific element because of problems with
"display: none/block" in non-IE browsers.
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This doesnt work:
if (el == HTMLTableRowElement || el == 'HTMLTableRowElement') {
el.style.display = '';

Kim wrote:>
Assuming you know you script an (X)HTML element then
* *if (el.tagName.toLowerCase() === 'tr')
should suffice.
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* * * * Martin Honnen
* * * *http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

If I have to add additional elements later, then is there an easier
solution then using multiple if-statements ?

On Nov 17, 2:07*pm, Martin Honnen <mahotr...@yahoo.dewrote:
If I have to add additional elements later, then is there an easier
solution then using multiple if-statements ?

On Nov 17, 1:00 pm, Kim wrote:
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The element's - tagName - or - nodeName - properties would seem like a
good place to start (remembering that despite any possible impressions
to the contrary given by the mark-up, the document likely is an HTML
document and so those properties values will be case-normalised to
uppercase).
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<snip>
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If your CSS and mark-up are such that the above works anywhere (which
would be expected) then it will also work fine on IE. That is, you
don't need to test and branch, you just assign the empty string to the
display property and the display state will revert to its normal/
default value (all else being equal).

On Nov 17, 2:27*pm, Henry <rcornf...@raindrop.co.ukwrote:
@Gabriel: You got it wrong. I dont want to hide the whole table - just
a part of it. And without making classes for each table I do this in.

On 17 nov, 13:20, Kim <kims...@gmail.comwrote:
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Well, is the part you want to hide always the same?
Because if it is, you can still do what I said.
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You just set a class to the elements you want hidden, like 'hide'

var t = document.getElementById('myTable');
t.className = t.className ? t.className + 'foo' : 'foo';

display: none;
}

How do I find if an element is a certain element (like
HTMLTableRowElement) ?
>
Using "alert(typeof el)" simply displays "object" while "alert(el)"
displays "HTMLTableRowElement".
el = document.getElementById('stringValue');
>
I need to match this specific element because of problems with
"display: none/block" in non-IE browsers.
>
This doesnt work:
if (el == HTMLTableRowElement || el == 'HTMLTableRowElement') {
* * * * el.style.display = '';} else {
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* * * * el.style.display = 'block';
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}