JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.0/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
  $("input").select(function(){
    $("input").after(" Input select event occured!");
  });
  $("button").click(function(){
    $("input").triggerHandler("select");
  });
});
</script>
</head>
<body>

<input type="text" name="FirstName" value="Hello World" />
<input type="text" name="FirstName" value="Hello" />
    <br>
<button>Activate the select event for the input field.</button>
<p>Notice that, unlike the trigger() method, the triggerHandler() method does not cause the default behavior of the event to occur (The text is not marked).</p>

</body>
</html>