<meter> element – used to display a scalar gauge (within a known range or fractional value). For example, could display the available amount of free space on a server.
Usage: this element is used to display a gauge of some sort. Think in terms of free space on a disk drive or some sort of temperature gauge or similar.
Permitted Content: any element containing phrasing elements.
Tag omission: both start and end tag must be present for <meter> element.
Example code:
<p>Free Disk Space (%): <meter value=’0.209951603364′ min=”0″ max=”1″ optimum=”0.5″></meter></p>
Example page (opens in a new tab/ window – view source code): http://learning-html5.info/examples/ExampleMeter.php
Default display properties: display: block.
Common Attributes: typical global attributes along with
- value (measured value shown by meter),
- min (lower bound of range),
- high (lower boundary of high segment),
- low (upper boundary of low segment),
- max (upper boundary of range),
- optimum (optimum position for the meter).
Permitted Parent Elements: any element which can contain phrasing or flow elements.
References: http://dev.w3.org/html5/markup/meter.html
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