JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground by nickadeemus2002 June 15, 2012 HTML <div id="leftPane"> <h1>Don't change me!</h1> <p><a href="#" id="closeOpenDashboard">Click me to change the right pane</a></p> </div> <div id="rightPane">fdsfdsffds</div> CSS div{padding:10px;float:left;} div#leftPane{background-color:#eee;border:1px solid #585858;height:350px;} JavaScript $(document).ready(function(){ $("#closeOpenDashboard").click(function () { $("#rightPane").html("<p>none</p>"); return false; }); });