JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div class="outer">
    <a class="btn">
        <img src="btnImg.jpg" />
    </a>
    Some Title
</div>

JavaScript

var $outer = $(".outer");
var text = $.trim($outer.text());

$outer.empty();
$outer.append("<input value='" + text + "'></input>");