JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.21/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
<div id="a">A</a>

CSS

#a{
 width: 200px;
 height: 200px;
 background-color: red;
 padding: 10px;    
}

JavaScript

$("#a").resizable();

if ($("#a").resizable("option","enable") == true){
   alert("enabled");        
} else {
   alert("disabled");   
}