'console.log(a_jquery_object)' works just fine. Firebug displays it as an array, allowing me to peek inside its elements. I don't know why one would need to get

'console.log(a_jquery_object)' works just fine. Firebug displays it as an array, allowing me to peek inside its elements. I don't know why one would need to get the underlying element before passing it to the debug-printer. I do this all the time and it has never bothered me once.