JQuery detect if a tag is self closing

Question

Is there a way to detect if a tag is self closing with JQuery like an image tag? Something dynamic not just an image tag.

if ($(\'.selector\')[0].tagName.to         


        

Answer 1

jQuery uses this list internally:

/^(?:area|br|col|embed|hr|img|input|link|meta|param)$/i

You can do the same:

if(/^(?:area|br|col|embed|hr|img|input|link|meta|param)$/i.test($('.selector')[0].tagName)) {
//do something
}