JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div id='mydiv'>click here</div>
<div id='out'></div>

CSS

#mydiv {
    background-color: yellow;
}

JavaScript

var $x = $.parseXML('<a id="x"><b id="y"></b></a>');

$('#mydiv').on('click', function(ev) {
    var $a = $('a', $x);
    var id = $a.attr('id');
    $('#out').append(id + '<br/>');
});