JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by cory a

HTML

<div id="selectme"></div>
<p>Click me!</p>

JavaScript

jQuery.fn.selectText = function(){
    var doc = document
        , element = this[0]
        , range, selection
    ;
    if (doc.body.createTextRange) {
        range = document.body.createTextRange();
        range.moveToElementText(element);
        range.select();
    } else if (window.getSelection) {
        selection = window.getSelection();        
        range = document.createRange();
        range.selectNodeContents(element);
        selection.removeAllRanges();
        selection.addRange(range);
    }
};

$(function() {
    $('#selectme').on('click', '.replace', function() {
        $(this).selectText();
    });
});
$("#selectme").html("<span class='replace'>Some text goes here!</span><span class='replace'>More text!</span>")