JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<input autocomplete="off" onkeyup="searchFor(this.value);" name="search" id="search_field" class="bold" type="text" placeholder="Search...">
<div id="a_c"><a href="">hello world</a></div>

CSS

#a_c {display:none;}

JavaScript

$('#search_field').focusout(function() {
    $('#a_c').hide(); // IF I DELETE THIS IT WORKS
});

$('#search_field').focusin(function() {
    $('#a_c').show();
});

$('#a_c a').click(function() {
    $('#search_field').val('');
    var value = $(this).text();
    var input = $('#search_field');
    input.val(input.val() + value);
    $('#a_c').hide();
    return false;
});