JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="col-xs-3 vcenter from-group" id="info">
<div class="form-group">
    <div class="controls">
        <input type="text" class="form-control"  name="inputID" id="inputID"/>
    </div>
</div>

JavaScript

$('#inputID').focusout(function(e) {
  if ($(this).val()=="") {
  	alert("focus onthe same")
    $(this).focus();
    e.preventDefault();
  }else {
        
    }
   
  });