Test if two elements are the same

Question

I would suspect this to work at first:

if ($('#element') == $('#element')) alert('hello'); 

But it does not. How does one test if elements are the same?

Answer 1

As of jquery 1.6 you can now simply do:

$element1.is($element2) 

Answer 2

This should work:

if ($(this)[0] === $(this)[0]) alert('hello'); 

so should this

if (openActivity[0] == $(this)[0]) alert('hello');