JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.3/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ivaynberg.github.com/select2/select2-master/select2.css">
<script src="http://ivaynberg.github.com/select2/select2-master/select2.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.3/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css">
<div id="mydialog">
<input type="text"/>
<select id="e1">
<option value="AL">Alabama</option>
<option value="WY">Wyoming</option>
</select>
</div>
JavaScript
$(function() {
$("#e1").select2();
$('#mydialog').dialog({
title: 'test',
modal: false //if u change this to false it works
});
});