Html Meter

HTML meter

Created By: chatGPT

HTML provides a <meter> element that represents a scalar value within a known range. It’s commonly used to display a percentage or a measure of a resource usage. The primary attributes of the <meter> element include min, max, and value.

<meter min="0" max="100" value="50">50%</meter>

In this example, the meter indicates that 50% of a possible range from 0 to 100 is being used. The user can also specify optional attributes such as low, high, and optimum to define different thresholds for the meter value.

<meter min="0" max="100" low="30" high="70" optimum="50" value="50">50%</meter>

The low threshold is set to 30, meaning values below this point will indicate a lower state. The high threshold is set to 70, indicating that values above this will represent a higher state, and optimum at 50 suggests the ideal value.

<meter min="0" max="100" low="30" high="70" optimum="50" value="20">20%</meter>

Here’s how the meter might look at the low value, indicating it’s below the acceptable range:

<meter min="0" max="100" low="30" high="70" optimum="50" value="20">20%</meter>

To add some styling to the <meter> element, using CSS is essential. You can customize the appearance by adjusting colors or sizes:

meter {
    width: 100%;
    height: 20px;
    background: #e0e0e0;
}
meter[value="20"] {
    background: red;
}
meter[value="50"] {
    background: yellow;
}
meter[value="80"] {
    background: green;
}

The above CSS modifies the background color of the meter based on its value, providing visual feedback about the level represented. A red background indicates a level that is low, yellow suggests a moderate level, and green indicates a high level.

<style>
    meter {
        width: 100%;
        height: 20px;
        background: #e0e0e0;
    }
    meter[value="20"] {
        background: red;
    }
    meter[value="50"] {
        background: yellow;
    }
    meter[value="80"] {
        background: green;
    }
</style>

To implement this in a full HTML page, you can combine the meter examples and style definitions:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Meter Example</title>
    <style>
        meter {
            width: 100%;
            height: 20px;
            background: #e0e0e0;
        }
        meter[value="20"] {
            background: red;
        }
        meter[value="50"] {
            background: yellow;
        }
        meter[value="80"] {
            background: green;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>Meter Example</h1>
    <meter min="0" max="100" low="30" high="70" optimum="50" value="20">20%</meter>
    <meter min="0" max="100" low="30" high="70" optimum="50" value="50">50%</meter>
    <meter min="0" max="100" low="30" high="70" optimum="50" value="80">80%</meter>
</body>
</html>