JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.4/themes/ui-darkness/jquery-ui.css">
<p id="dialog_link" style="cursor:pointer;">Open Dialog</p>
<div id="Dialog" title="Dialog title!" style="display:none;">
This content shown within dialog...
</div>
JavaScript
$('#dialog_link').click(function(){
$('#Dialog').dialog();
alert('confirmed');
});