JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function load(){
  window.document.designMode = "On";
  //run this in a button, will highlight selected text
  window.document.execCommand("hiliteColor", false, "#000");
}
</script>
</head>
<body contentEditable="true" onload="load()">
  this is text
</body>
</html>