JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div id="myModal" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="myModalLabel" aria-hidden="true" style="display: none;">
    <div class="modal-dialog">
      <div class="modal-content">

        <div class="modal-header">
          <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">×</span></button>
          <h4 class="modal-title" id="myModalLabel">Modal title</h4>
        </div>
        <div class="modal-body">
            <p><input type='text' id="textbox"/>
              <a href="#" id="test" role="button" class="btn btn-default popover-test" title="" data-content="And here's some amazing content. It's very engaging. right?" data-original-title="A Title">button</a> </p>

         
          <hr>
        </div>
        <div class="modal-footer">
          <button type="button" class="btn btn-default" data-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
          <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary">Save changes</button>
        </div>

      </div><!-- /.modal-content -->
    </div><!-- /.modal-dialog -->
  </div>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary btn-lg" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#myModal">
      Launch demo modal
    </button>

JavaScript

$('#test').on('click',function(){
    alert("This is a text");
    alert($('#textbox').val());

});