JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div id="content">This has content, along with <span>a span with content.</div>
<button id="changeIt">Replace the above.</button>
JavaScript
$("#changeIt").click(function() {
$("#content").contents().each(function() {
if(this.nodeType == 3) {
var text = $(this).text();
text.replace("content", "*******");
$(this).replaceWith(text);
}
});
});