JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div id="status">
    <div id="tools"><a href="" id="tool1">hide</a></div>
    
    Lots of stuff here..
    
    
</div>

CSS

#status{
    border: 1px solid black;
    height: 250px;
}

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
    $("#tool1").click(function() {
        var $statusDiv = $('#status');
        if ($statusDiv.height() > 100) {
            $statusDiv.height(50);
        }
        else
        {
            $statusDiv.height(250);
        }
    });
});