Rating system using CSS (hover from left to right) - css

Question

Is there a simple way to reverse the colour order when hovering?
Using this trick here I have the order right > left:
&:hover,
&:hover ~ button {
color: red
}
The fiddle with the right > left: https://jsfiddle.net/celio/Lowc1ruh/
Example with the left > right: https://css-tricks.com/examples/StarRating/
It is impossible for me to use float, position: absolute; and anything that changes the right order of my current html.
Plain CSS example:
button {
margin: 0;
padding: 5px;
border: none;
background: transparent;
display: inline-block;
}
button:before {
content: "⋆";
font-size: 5rem;
line-height: 1;
}
button:hover,
button:hover ~ button {
color: red;
}
<div class="wrapper">
<button></button>
<button id="2"></button>
<button></button>
<button></button>
<button></button>
</div>

Answer 1

One way would be to make all the child button elements color: red; when hovering over .wrapper. Then use the sibling selector (~) to change any elements after the currently hovered element to color: black;.
You should remove any whitespace between the elements (in this case I put them into one line in the HTML) to ensure that the cursor is always hovering over a star.
Example with plain CSS:
.wrapper button {
margin: 0;
padding: 5px;
border: none;
background: transparent;
display: inline-block;
}
.wrapper button:before {
content: "⋆";
font-size: 5rem;
line-height: 1;
}
.wrapper button:hover ~ button {
color: black;
}
.wrapper:hover button {
color: red;
}
<div class="wrapper">
<button></button><button id="2"></button><button></button><button></button><button></button>
</div>
JS Fiddle using SASS