how to get the type of input?

Question

How to get the type of input in the form by its name? for example:

<input type="text" value="123" name="username" />

the return type should be "text".

Any ideas?

Answer 1

<input type="text" value="123" name="username" id="username" />

getInputType("#username");

getInputType("input[name=username]");


function getInputType(selector){ 
  var inputType = $(selector).attr('type');
  alert(inputType);
  return inputType;
}

Answer 2

>>> document.getElementsByName("username")[0].type
"text"