JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground by Murali Kaliappan August 07, 2018 HTML <div id="myDiv"> This is initial Div </div> <input type="button" id="firstBtn" value="change to paragraph"/> <input type="button" id="secondBtn" value="Change to image"/> CSS div{ height:100px; width:100px; overflow:hidden; margin-bottom:25px; } JavaScript $("input").click(function(){ $("#myDiv").empty(); if( $(this).attr("id") == "firstBtn" ){ $("#myDiv").append("<p> This is paragraph</p>") } else{ $("#myDiv").append("<img src='https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1640/7469/products/50c6e6dc1386acfa6b28e5ee7355f487_1024x1024.jpg?v=1493400560' height=100 width=100/>") } })