<meter> HTML meter element

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since March 2017.

The <meter> HTML element represents either a scalar value within a known range or a fractional value.

Try it

<label for="fuel">Fuel level:</label>

<meter id="fuel" min="0" max="100" low="33" high="66" optimum="80" value="50">
  at 50/100
</meter>

label {
  padding-right: 10px;
  font-size: 1rem;
}

Attributes

This element includes the global attributes.

value

The current numeric value. This must be between the minimum and maximum values (min attribute and max attribute) if they are specified. If unspecified or malformed, the value is 0. If specified, but not within the range given by the min attribute and max attribute, the value is equal to the nearest end of the range.

Note: Unless the value attribute is between 0 and 1 (inclusive), the min and max attributes should define the range so that the value attribute's value is within it.

min

The lower numeric bound of the measured range. This must be less than the maximum value (max attribute), if specified. If unspecified, the minimum value is 0.

max

The upper numeric bound of the measured range. This must be greater than the minimum value (min attribute), if specified. If unspecified, the maximum value is 1.

low

The upper numeric bound of the low end of the measured range. This must be greater than the minimum value (min attribute), and it also must be less than the high value and maximum value (high attribute and max attribute, respectively), if any are specified. If unspecified, or if less than the minimum value, the low value is equal to the minimum value.

high

The lower numeric bound of the high end of the measured range. This must be less than the maximum value (max attribute), and it also must be greater than the low value and minimum value (low attribute and min attribute, respectively), if any are specified. If unspecified, or if greater than the maximum value, the high value is equal to the maximum value.

optimum

This attribute indicates the optimal numeric value. It must be within the range (as defined by the min attribute and max attribute). When used with the low attribute and high attribute, it gives an indication where along the range is considered preferable. For example, if it is between the min attribute and the low attribute, then the lower range is considered preferred. The browser may color the meter's bar differently depending on whether the value is less than or equal to the optimum value.

Examples

Basic Example

HTML

html

<p>Battery level: <meter min="0" max="100" value="75">75%</meter></p>

Result

High and low range example

Note that in this example the min attribute is omitted. This is allowed, as it will default to 0.

HTML

html
<p>
  Student's exam score:
  <meter low="50" high="80" max="100" value="84">84%</meter>
</p>

Result

Technical Summary

Content categories Permitted content Tag omission Permitted parents Implicit ARIA role Permitted ARIA roles DOM interface

Flow content, phrasing content, labelable content, palpable content.

Phrasing content, but there must be no <meter> element among its descendants.

None, both the starting and ending tag are mandatory.

Any element that accepts phrasing content.

meter

No role permitted

HTMLMeterElement

Specifications

Specification

HTML
# the-meter-element

Browser compatibility

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<meter> HTML meter element

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Attributes

Examples

Basic Example

HTML

Result

High and low range example

HTML

Result

Technical Summary

Specifications

Browser compatibility

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