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HTML
<ul class="click">
<li class="editable">Text</li>
</ul>
JavaScript
$(document).on("click", ".click li.editable", function(){
//
var item = $(this);
item.removeClass("editable");
var word = item.html();
item.empty();
item.append('<input class="quick-edit" type="text" name="quick_edit" value="'+ word +'" />');
$(".quick-edit").focus();
//
});