JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<p class="foo">Hello</p>
<p class="foo">What</p>
<p class="foo">Blahblah</p>

JavaScript

var $div = $("<div />", { id: 'dialog'}).append($(".foo").clone())
            .dialog({
                autoOpen: false,
                open: function(event, ui) { alert('open event fired'); },
                close: function(event, ui) { alert('close event fired'); }
             });
$div.dialog('open');