JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div id="tag-cloud-widget">  
    <div class="content">  
        <a href="#" rel="1" class="cloud-element" data-tag-id="10" style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(205, 236, 222); ">T1</a>  
        <a href="#" rel="1" class="cloud-element" data-tag-id="1" style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(205, 236, 222); ">T2</a>  
        <a href="#" rel="1" class="cloud-element" data-tag-id="3" style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(205, 236, 222); ">T3</a>  
    </div>
</div>

JavaScript

$("#tag-cloud-widget .content a").click(function(e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    alert('clicked');  
    return false;  
});