JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Joe Pigott

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.0.3/css/font-awesome.css">
<div class="rating">
<span class='fa fa-star-o'></span><span class='fa fa-star-o'></span><span class='fa fa-star-o'></span><span class='fa fa-star-o'></span><span class='fa fa-star-o'></span>
</div>

CSS

.rating {
  unicode-bidi: bidi-override;
  direction: rtl;
  text-align: center;
}
.rating > span {
  display: inline-block;
  position: relative;
  width: 1.1em;
}
.rating > span:hover,
.rating > span:hover ~ span {
  color: transparent;
}
.rating > span:hover:before,
.rating > span:hover ~ span:before {
   content: "fa fa-star";
   position: absolute;
   left: 0; 
   color: gold;
}
body { padding: 100px; }