JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="https://rawgit.com/MartinF/jQuery.Autosize.Input/master/jquery.autosize.input.min.js"></script>
<div id="clickme">CLICK ME</div>

<hr>
<div id="debug"></div>

JavaScript

$("#clickme").click(function(e) {
    $input = $('<input class="myinput" value="CLICK ME" />')
        .focus()
        .autosizeInput()
        ;
    $(this).empty().append($input);
    
    $("#debug").html(
        'INPUTS: ' + $(".myinput").length + '<br />'
      + 'SPANS: ' + $("span").length + '<br />'
    );
});