JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8/themes/base/jquery-ui.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<style type="text/css">
#selectable .ui-selecting {
background: silver;
}
#selectable .ui-selected {
background: gray;
}
</style>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#selectable").selectable();
$("#dialog").dialog({modal:true});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="dialog">
<ul id="selectable">
<li>Item 1</li>
<li>Item 2</li>
<li>Item 3</li>
<li>Item 4</li>
<li>Item 5</li>
</ul>
</div>
</body>
</html>