JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by slawe
HTML
<div id="content"></div>
<textarea id="source" cols="60" rows="10">
<b>Hey, look.. this is how do you make your text bold:</b>
<b>this should not be bold</b>
</textarea>
CSS
#content {
border: 1px solid #aaa;
padding: 10px;
}
JavaScript
$(function(){
var $textarea = $("#source");
var $editor = $("#content");
$editor.html($textarea.val())
.attr('contenteditable', true)
.height($textarea.height());
$textarea.hide();
alert($textarea.val());
});