JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by gbos

HTML

<div>test</div>

CSS

div {
    position: relative;
    font-size: 20px;
}
div:before {
    position: absolute;
    top:0;
    left:0;
    content: " ";
    background: url(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Deletion_icon.svg/600px-Deletion_icon.svg.png);
    background-size: 100% 100%;
    width: 10%;
    height: 400%;
    margin: 2px;
    float: left;
    
}