JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div id="search">
   <form action="#">
       <input id="q" class="autoclear blur" value="search" style="width:150px;" name="q" type="text" />
   </form>
</div>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function(){       
    var x=$('#q').attr('defaultValue');
    alert(x);
});