JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div id="test">Test Text</div>
<a href="#" id="copy">Copy</a>
CSS
http://jsfiddle.net/oneboy/yqEBj/
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#copy').click(function(){
var text = $('#test').text();
alert(text);
});
});