JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div class="chatid" name="1">
      <img src="http://placehold.it/50/55C1E7/fff" alt="User Avatar" class="img-circle" /> John
    </div>
    <div class="chatid" name="2">
      <img src="http://placehold.it/50/55C1E7/fff" alt="User Avatar" class="img-circle" /> James
    </div>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
      $(".chatid").click(function() {
        var thread = $(this).attr('name');
        //$("#chatmessages").load('fetchmessages.php?id=' + thread);
        alert($(this).attr('name'));
        return false;
      });
    });