For finding any element tag name, we can get using following code.
Code
var tagName = $(this).get(0).tagName;Example
<html>
<head>
<link href='css/custom-theme/jquery-ui-1.8.16.custom.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-ui-1.8.16.custom.min.js"></script>
</head>
<script>
$("#new_button").button();
$("#new_button").click(function() {
var TagName = $(this).get(0).tagName;
alert(TagName);
var ParentTagName = $(this).parent().get(0).tagName;
alert(ParentTagName);
});
</script>
<body>
<div style="display: table-cell; float: right;"><a id="new_button">New</a></div>
</body>
</html>
