npm package: @financial-times/o-meter
Description: Provides customization for meter tag
Latest version: 4.0.3

# o-meter [![MIT licensed](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)](#licence)

Use the meter element to measure data within a given range. The `<meter>` tag defines a scalar measurement within a known range, or a fractional value. This is also known as a gauge.

- [Usage](#usage)
- [Markup](#markup)
- [Sass](#sass)
- [Support](#support)
- [Migration](#migration)
- [Contact](#contact)
- [Licence](#licence)

## Usage

Check out [how to include Origami components in your project](../../docs/legacy-o2-docs/technical-guide.md) to get started with `o-meter`.

## Markup

This HTML demonstrates a way to use a basic o-meter

```html
<meter
	class="o-meter"
	aria-label="a meter component"
	data-o-component="o-meter"
	min="0"
	max="100"
	value="25"
>
	25
</meter>
```

This HTML demonstrates a way to use an extended o-meter with an additional value indicator

```html
<div class="o-meter-container">
	<meter
		class="o-meter"
		aria-label="a meter component"
		data-o-component="o-meter"
		min="0"
		max="100"
		value="75"
	>
		75
	</meter>
	<span class="o-meter-value" style="left: 75%"> 75 </span>
</div>
```

This HTML demonstrates a way to use a basic o-meter with customised colours. Colours are used to indicate how close the meter is to its [optimum value](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/form-elements.html#attr-meter-optimum).

To customise meter colours set the following CSS Customer Properties:

- `--o-meter-background-color`: The background colour for the empty meter.
- `--o-meter-low-color` (bad): The CSS colour for the meter element when its value is at its worse, less than sub optimal. E.g:
  - value < low and optimum > high; or
  - value > high and optimum < low
- `--o-meter-high-color` (suboptimal): The CSS colour for the meter element when its value is suboptimal. E.g:
  - value > low, value < high, and optimum > high
  - value < high, value > lower, and optimum < low
- `--o-meter-optimum-color` (good): The CSS colour for the meter element when its value is optimal. E.g:
  - value > high and optimum > high
  - value < low and optimum < low

This example uses inline styles but you may want to create a custom CSS class to share these styles with other meter elements in your project.

```html
<meter
	class="o-meter"
	style="
		--o-meter-background-color: lightgray;
		--o-meter-optimum-color: deeppink;
		--o-meter-sub-optimum-color: hotpink;
		--o-meter-less-than-sub-optimum-color: pink;"
	aria-label="a meter component"
	data-o-component="o-meter"
	min="0"
	max="100"
	low="25"
	high="75"
	optimum="100"
	value="35"
>
	35
</meter>
```

This HTML demonstrates a way to use an extended o-meter with customised width and height

```html
<div
	class="o-meter-container"
	style="--o-meter-width: 70%; --o-meter-height: 2em"
>
	<meter
		class="o-meter"
		aria-label="a meter component"
		data-o-component="o-meter"
		min="0"
		max="10"
		value="2.5"
	>
		2.5
	</meter>
	<span class="o-meter-value" style="left: 25%"> 2.5 </span>
</div>
```

## Sass

```scss
@include oMeter;
```

## Support

The `meter` tag is currently supported by Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge browsers. It is not supported by IE.
If `o-meter` needs to be used on IE, please use a fallback - include the value in the meter tag, for example:

```html
<meter data-o-component="o-meter" class="o-meter" value="0.6">60%</meter>
```

## Migration

|    State     | Major Version | Last Minor Release |                    Migration guide                    |
| :----------: | :-----------: | :----------------: | :---------------------------------------------------: |
| ⚠ maintained |       4       |        N/A         | [migrate to v4](MIGRATION.md#migrating-from-v3-to-v4) |
| ╳ deprecated |       3       |        3.2         | [migrate to v3](MIGRATION.md#migrating-from-v2-to-v3) |
| ╳ deprecated |       2       |        2.0         | [migrate to v2](MIGRATION.md#migrating-from-v1-to-v2) |
| ╳ deprecated |       1       |        1.0         |                           -                           |

## Contact

If you have any questions or comments about this component, or need help using it, please either [raise an issue](https://github.com/Financial-Times/o-meter/issues), visit [#origami-support](https://financialtimes.slack.com/messages/origami-support/) or email [Origami Support](mailto:origami-support@ft.com).

## Licence

This software is published by the Financial Times under the [MIT licence](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).