Replace all elements with specific tag with a component

Is it possible ?

Basically what i would like to do is on a event like clicking an 'edit' button i need to replace all elements with a specific tag with an input field i know how to do it with jQuery but would prefer doing it with react.

jQuery/Pseudo Code:

$('a').each(function(e,i){
   e.html('<input placeholder="'+ e.text() +'" />');
});