JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div>click here</div>
CSS
div { background-color: palegoldenrod }
JavaScript
var div = document.getElementsByTagName('div')[0];
if (!div) throw new Error('FAIL');
div.onclick = function(){alert('OH, SHI')};
div.onmousedown = function(event){event.preventDefault();return false;}
div.onmouseup = function(event){event.preventDefault();return false;}