HTMLMeterElement : HTMLElement
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Represents a scalar measurement within a known range, or a fractional value; for example disk usage, the relevance of a query result, or the fraction of a voting population to have selected a particular candidate.

Constructors

Constructor Action Mozilla Chrome Safari Opera IE Netscape
HTMLMeterElement Constructor() : HTMLMeterElement
Creates an instance of the HTMLMeterElement.
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HTMLMeterElement() : HTMLMeterElement

Creates an instance of the HTMLMeterElement.

Returns
HTMLMeterElement

Visibility
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Properties

Property Action Mozilla Chrome Safari Opera IE Netscape
value : Number
Specifies the value to have the gauge indicate as the "measured" value.
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min : Number
Specifies the lower bound of the range.
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max : Number
Specifies the upper bound of the range.
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low : Number
Specifies the range that is considered to be the "low" part.
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high : Number
Specifies the range that is considered to be the "high" part.
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optimum : Number
Specifies the position that is "optimum".
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form : HTMLFormElement
Used to explicitly associate the meter element with its form owner.
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labels : NodeList
Returns a NodeList of all the label elements that the form control is associated with.
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Inherited Functions

Method Action Mozilla Chrome Safari Opera IE Netscape
getElementsByClassName(String classNames) : NodeList
Returns a NodeList containing all the Element nodes with the specified classNames.
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Parameters
String classNames (one-or-more)A string representing the class name(s) of the elements to return. Multiple class names should be separated by spaces.

Returns
NodeList

Using getElementsByClassName

                        	                    document.getElementById("useCases").getElementsByClassName("question");

Would return a NodeList of all elements inside the element with the id "useCases" to which the class "question" applies.

                        	                    document.getElementById("useCases").getElementsByClassName("question issue");

Would return a NodeList of all elements inside the element with the id "useCases" to which both the classes "question" and "issue" apply.

Remarks

Returns a list of child elements to which the specified className applies. The returned NodeList is sorted in tree order (the order the elements were found during a depth-first preorder traversal through the node tree).

See Also

Document.getElementsByClassName|Element.getElementsByClassName|HTMLDocument.getElementsByClassName

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References

HTMLMeterElement

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