JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<textarea id="foo"></textarea>
<input type="button" id="bar" value="append" />
JavaScript
(function($){
$.fn.extend({
valAppend: function(text){
return this.each(function(i,e){
var $e = $(e);
$e.val($e.val() + text);
});
}
});
})(jQuery);
$('#bar').click(function(){
$('textarea').valAppend('Hello, world!\r\n');
});