JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by wirey00
HTML
<div id="mydiv">
<span></span>
<span><br></span>
<span> <span><br></span> </span>
<span> <span><br> <span></span> </span> </span>
<span> <img src="someimg.jpg" width="100" height="100"> </span>
<span>some text</span>
</div>
JavaScript
var x = $('#mydiv *').filter(function(){
console.log($.trim($(this).text()).length);
return $(this).children('img').length || $.trim($(this).text()).length ;
}).clone();
('#mydiv').html(x);
console.log(x);