JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<table>
<tbody>
</tbody>
</table>
<input type="button" value="Click me" />
JavaScript
$('input').click(function() {
var select1 = $('<select>');
var select2 = $('</select>');
wrapWithTd(select1).add(wrapWithTd(select2)).wrapAll('<tr>');
$('table tbody').append(select1.parents('tr'));
function wrapWithTd(el) {
el.wrap('<td>');
return el.parent();
}
return false;
});