JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<script src="http://ajax.microsoft.com/ajax/jquery.validate/1.7/jquery.validate.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.2/themes/ui-lightness/jquery-ui.css">
<ul id='myList'>
<li>
<p>blah a</p>
<p class='panelButtons'></p>
<li>
<li>
<p>blah b</p>
<p class='panelButtons'></p>
<li>
</ul>
JavaScript
$('#myList').delegate('li', 'hover', function(event) {
$(this).children('.panelButtons').toggle();
})
.find('.panelButtons')
.append("<span>Btn1</span><span>Btn2</span>").hide();