JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by sixpoint

HTML

<table width="78%" border=1 id="selectable" style="border-collapse:collapse">
<tr>
<td><input type="text" class="ui-widget-content" value="1"/></td>
<td><input type="text"  class="ui-widget-content" value="2"/></td>
<td><input type="text"  class="ui-widget-content" value="3"/></td>
<td><input type="text"  class="ui-widget-content" value="4"/></td>

</tr>
<tr>
<td><input type="text"  class="ui-widget-content" value="5"/></td>
<td><input type="text"  class="ui-widget-content" value="6"/></td>
<td><input type="text"  class="ui-widget-content" value="7"/></td>
<td><input type="text"  class="ui-widget-content" value="8"/></td>

</tr>
</table>

<div id="selectedText"></div>

CSS

#feedback { font-size: 1.4em; }
  #selectable .ui-selecting { background: #FECA40; }
  #selectable .ui-selected { background: #F39814; color: white; }
  #selectable { list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 60%; }
  #selectable li { margin: 3px; padding: 0.4em; font-size: 1.4em; height: 18px; }

JavaScript

$(function(e) {
    var store = {
        selectedText: ''
    };
    $("#selectable").bind('mousedown', function(e) {
            var shifted = e.shiftKey
        
            if (e.which === 1) {
                 store.selectedText += e.target.value;
                 console.log(store);
                $('#selectedText').html(store.selectedText);
            }
        
    });
    
  });