JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<li onclick="alert('Hi, from outer div!');">
    <a href="someurl">sometext</a>
</li>

CSS

.active {
    color:red;
}

JavaScript

$("a").on('click.myContext',function (e) {
    e.stopPropagation();
    alert("a");
});