JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<p>
    Input:<br>
    <textarea name="text_input" id="text_input"></textarea>
    <div id="placeholder" style="display:none"></div>
</p>
<script>
$('#text_input').change(process).keyup(process);
function process(){
    var html = $('#text_input').val();
    $("#placeholder").html(html).find("a").each(function(i,elem){
        alert('got here 2');
    }).html("");
}
</script>