Select first letter of input value and change it's color via CSS

Question

Is there a way to select the text input values first letter and change its color via CSS in the stylesheet? so for example, I have

Answer 1

OK try to give your input a padding, wrap your input in a relative positioned div and then add a absolut positioned div with your " * " inside this padding of your textbox.

with jQuery or javascript hide the div on focus and show it again on blur if the value is empty

  
  
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padding, top and left value is just an example. you have to find the right values