JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<button id="display">Display</button>
<div class="main">
    <ul>
    </ul>
</div>
<p id="show"> </p>

JavaScript

var i = 1;
$('#display').click(function() { 
   $(".main ul").append(
       $('<li>').attr("id",i).append(
           $('<p>').append("Stackoverflow")
           ));
    i++;
});

$('.main ul li').click(function () { 
    $('#show').text("List ID =" + this.id);       
});