JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22187166/taking-text-from-a-modal-input-field-and-placing-in-into-a-table
by dledle2
HTML
<body>
<div>
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="addHousemate" placeholder="Housemate's Name">
<button id="mybutton" class="btn btn-primary" name="addHousemate">Submit</button>
<//div>
<table id="housemateTable">
<tr><td>First Column</td></tr>
</table>
</body>
JavaScript
$('button[name="addHousemate"]').click(function() {
var value = $('input[id="addHousemate"]').val();
$('tr td:last').after("<tr><td>" + value + "</td></tr>");
$('input[id="addHousemate"]').val('');
});