JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://jqueryui.com/resources/demos/style.css">
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.js"></script>
<script src="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<div>
    <div id="resizable" class="ui-widget-content">
        <h3 class="ui-widget-header">UIs a drag</h3>
    </div>
    Try using the 'West' handle to increase the size of the above element and it drags left instead.
</div>

CSS

#resizable { width: 190px; height: 30px; left: 20px; }
#resizable h3 { text-align: center; margin: 0; }

JavaScript

$(function() {
    $( "#resizable" ).resizable({
        grid: 20,
        handles: 'w',
        maxWidth: 200,
    });
});