JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
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  <div class="text-wrapper">
    <h1>Click Me<div class="blocker-wrapper"><div class="blocker"></div></div></h1>
  </div>
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CSS

.text-wrapper {
  position: relative;
  text-align: center;
}

h1 {
  font-size:100px;
  display: inline-block;
  margin: 24px;
  padding: 12px;
}

.blocker-wrapper {
  position: absolute;
  overflow:hidden;
}

.blocker {
  position: relative;
  background: yellow;
  margin-left: -100%;
  z-index: 10;
  width: 100%;
}

JavaScript

$('h1').click(function() {
  offsetLeft = $(this).position().left;
  offsetTop = $(this).position().top;
  marginLeft = $(this).css('margin-left');
  marginTop = $(this).css('margin-top');
  elementWidth = $(this).outerWidth();
  elementHeight = $(this).outerHeight();
  $('.blocker-wrapper').css({
    'top' : offsetTop,
    'left' : offsetLeft,
    'margin-left': marginLeft,
    'margin-top': marginTop
    });
  $('.blocker').width(elementWidth).height(elementHeight).css({
    'top' : 0
  }).animate({
    'margin-left' : '100%'
    }, 2000, 'easeInOutQuint',function(){
    $('.blocker').css('margin-left', '-100%')
    });
});