JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<textarea id="inputtext" style="height:100px"></textarea>
<button id="show">show in div</button>
<div id="showtext">
</div>
JavaScript
$(function(){
$('#show').on('click',function(){
var text = $.trim($('#inputtext').val());
text = text.replace(/\r?\n/g, "<br />").replace(/<br\s*[\/]?>/gi, "\n");
$('#showtext').text(text);
});
});