JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by Oliver Kelso
HTML
<li id='name_1'><a href="#" id="name_a">text1</a></li>
<li id='name_2'><a href="#" id="name_b">text2</a></li>
<li id='name_3'><a href="#" id="name_c">text3</a></li>
JavaScript
$('a').click(function(){
var linkId = $(this).attr('id');
alert(linkId);
});