JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<input id="search" type="text" value="mycurrtext" size="30" name="search"/>

JavaScript

$("input").focus(function () {
    var val = this.value;
    var $this = $(this);
    $this.val("");
    setTimeout(function () {
        $this.val(val);
    }, 1);
});