JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Jonathan Sampson

HTML

<ul>
<li><a class="close">x</a>text</li>
<li><a class="close">x</a>more text</li>
<li><a class="close">x</a>wohoooo more text</li>
</ul>

JavaScript

$.extend( $.expr[":"], {
    textnodes: function( e ) {
        return e.nodeType === 3;
    }
});

var nodes = $("ul li").contents(":textnodes");

console.log( nodes );