JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by Exceeder
HTML
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.2.4.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src=""https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<div style="padding:1em;">
<!-- buttons -->
<span class="input-group">
<span class="input-group-addon">Search:</span>
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="myText"/>
<a class="btn btn-success input-group-addon" id="myButton">DO IT!</a>
</span>
<!-- text output container -->
<div style="padding:1em">
<span id="output">Type something and click</span>
</div>
</div>
JavaScript
//select evertything that has a class btn and attach click to it
$('#myButton').click(function() {
//here, `this` points to control that was clicked
$('#output').text(
//text takes a string as a parameter, below it wraps `this` into jQuery $ to
//have access to attributes, to id in particular
'I see "'+$('#myText').val() + '" above there.'
);
});