JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div id="result" style="display: block;">
<div class="show" align="left">
<b>This text doesn't work when clicked</b>
This text works when clicked
<span class="name" align="left">113096G</span>
</div>
JavaScript
$('#result').on('click',function(e){
var $clicked = $(e.target);
var $name = $clicked.parent().find('.name').html();
//$('#projectsearchid').val($name);
alert($name);
});