JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<span onclick="editIt()" id="text">CLICK HERE "</span>
JavaScript
function editIt() {
// alert("hi");
var text = document.getElementById('text').innerHTML;
var edittext = '<input type="text" size=60 name="name" id="name" value="'+text+'"><input type="button" value="Save" onclick="storeText(\'name\');">';
document.getElementById('text').innerHTML = edittext
return false;
}