JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<button type="submit">Auslöser</button>

CSS

.next {color: black;}
.prev {color: red;}
.close {color: grey;}
.disabled {
  color: white;
  background: purple;
}

JavaScript

var $button	= $('button'),
    nav = $.parseHTML('<div class="gridder-navigation"><a href="#" class="gridder-close close">close</a><a href="#" class="gridder-nav prev">prev</a><a href="#" class="gridder-nav next">next</a></div>');

$('body').append(nav);

$button.on('click',function()
{
	$(nav).children('a.next').toggleClass('disabled'); // oder addClass für einmalig
});