CSS

grippy css

div {
  border:dashed 1px #aaaaaa;
  padding: 6px 12px;
  font-size: 1.2em;
}
span.grippy {
  content: '....';
  width: 10px;
  height: 20px;
  display: inline-block;
  overflow: hidden;
  line-height: 5px;
  padding: 3px 4px;
  cursor: move;
  vertical-align: middle;
  margin-top: -.7em;
  margin-right: .3em;
  font-size: 12px;
  font-family: sans-serif;
  letter-spacing: 2px;
  color: #cccccc;
  text-shadow: 1px 0 1px black;
}
span.grippy::after {
  content: '.. .. .. ..';
}


<div>
  <span class="grippy"></span> Drag grip is on the left
</div>