JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div id="current">
    <table class="vtable">
        <tr>
            <td>thing</td>
            <td>thing2</td>
        </tr>
    </table>
</div>
<button id="clickme">DO IT</button>

JavaScript

var html = "<tr><td>new thing1</td><td>new thing2</td>";


$("#clickme").click(function () {
    var target = $("#current table.vtable");
    $(html).attr("jquery_workaround","sigh").hide().prependTo(target);
    var newstuff = target.find("[jquery_workaround=sigh]");
    newstuff.removeAttr("jquery_workaround").fadeIn("slow");
});