JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<body>
    <a href="#">Test</a>
</body>

JavaScript

$("a").click(function(event) {
    var form_content = "<form><input id=\"name\" value=\"Test value\"/></form>";
    var test = $('<div />').html(form_content).find('#name').val('New test value').parent();
    alert(test.find('#name').val());
    alert(test.html());
    return false;
});