JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/twitter-bootstrap/2.2.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/twitter-bootstrap/2.2.1/css/bootstrap-combined.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://vitalets.github.com/x-editable/assets/x-editable/bootstrap-editable/css/bootstrap-editable.css">
<script src="http://vitalets.github.com/x-editable/assets/x-editable/bootstrap-editable/js/bootstrap-editable.js"></script>
<script src="http://vitalets.github.com/x-editable/assets/mockjax/jquery.mockjax.js"></script>
<p>X-editable: change buttons style</p>
<div style="margin: 250px 150px">
    <a href="#" id="comments">awesome</a>
</div>

JavaScript

$('#comments').editable({
    type: 'textarea',
    url: '/post',    
    pk: 1,    
    placement: 'top',
    title: 'Enter comments'    
});


//modify buttons style
$.fn.editableform.buttons = 
  '<button type="submit" class="btn btn-success editable-submit btn-mini"><i class="icon-ok icon-white"></i></button>' +
 '<button type="button" class="btn editable-cancel btn-mini"><i class="icon-remove"></i></button>';         




//ajax emulation
$.mockjax({
    url: '/post',
    responseTime: 400,
    response: function(settings) {
        if(settings.data.value == 'err') {
           this.status = 500;  
           this.responseText = 'Server-side error'; 
        } else {
           this.responseText = "";  
        }
    }
});