jQuery: how to change tag name?

Question

jQuery: how to change tag name?

For example:

<tr>     $1 </tr> 

I need

<div>     $1 </div> 

Yes, I can

1. Create DOM element <div>
2. Copy tr content to div
3. Remove tr from dom

But can I make it directly?

PS:

    $(tr).get(0).tagName = "div";  

results in DOMException.

Answer 1

You can replace any HTML markup by using jQuery's .replaceWith() method.

example: http://jsfiddle.net/JHmaV/

Ref.: .replaceWith

If you want to keep the existing markup, you could use code like this:

$('#target').replaceWith('<newTag>' + $('#target').html() +'</newTag>')