JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div style="position:relative; display:none">
<div id="container" style="position:absolute">
<div class="element"></div>
</div>
</div>
CSS
.element{
height: 20px;
position: absolute;
top: 19px;
z-index: 0;
}
JavaScript
$(".element").css({left:100, width:400});
alert('$(".element").attr("style") = ' + $(".element").attr("style"));
alert('$(".element").css("width") = ' + $(".element").css("width"));
alert('$(".element").css("left") = ' + $(".element").css("left"));