JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<p>
  <b>Click</b> to change the <span id="tag">html</span>
</p>
<p>
  to a <span id="text">text</span> node.
</p>
<p>
  This <button name="nada">button</button> does nothing.
</p>

JavaScript

$( "p" ).click(function() {
  var htmlString = $( this ).html();
  $( this ).text( htmlString );
});