You should use jquery is() function to test
if($("#element_expr").is("element _type")){}
example:
add_Tree_Node: function(parentid, id, mytitle,clickcallback)
{
if(!$("#"+parentid+">ul").is("ul"))
{ // can not find
var ulhtml="<ul></ul>";
$("#"+parentid).append(ulhtml);
}
var childhtml=" <li id='"+id+"' class=/"folder userfolder last/"><span class=/"name/"><a class=/"move/" href='javascript:void(0)' onclick="+clickcallback+"(this,'"+id+"')>"+mytitle+"</a></span></li> ";
$("#"+parentid).find('li').each(function()
{
$(this).removeClass("last");
});
$("#"+parentid+">ul").append(childhtml);
},
if($("#element_expr").is("element _type")){}
example:
add_Tree_Node: function(parentid, id, mytitle,clickcallback)
{
if(!$("#"+parentid+">ul").is("ul"))
{ // can not find
var ulhtml="<ul></ul>";
$("#"+parentid).append(ulhtml);
}
var childhtml=" <li id='"+id+"' class=/"folder userfolder last/"><span class=/"name/"><a class=/"move/" href='javascript:void(0)' onclick="+clickcallback+"(this,'"+id+"')>"+mytitle+"</a></span></li> ";
$("#"+parentid).find('li').each(function()
{
$(this).removeClass("last");
});
$("#"+parentid+">ul").append(childhtml);
},