css pseudo element

`::-webkit-meter-suboptimum-value` CSS pseudo-element

The ::-webkit-meter-suboptimum-value pseudo-element styles the <meter> element when the value attribute falls outside of the low-high range and is not equivalent to the optimum value.

Yellow is the default color.

Syntax

::-webkit-meter-suboptimum-value {
  /* ... */
}

Examples

This example will only work in browsers based on WebKit or Blink.

HTML

Normal:
<meter min="0" max="10" low="3" high="7" optimum="6" value="2">
  Score 2/10
</meter>
<br />
Styled:
<meter id="styled" min="0" max="10" low="3" high="7" optimum="6" value="2">
  Score 2/10
</meter>

CSS

body {
  font-family: monospace;
}

.safari meter {
  /* Reset the default appearance for Safari only */
  /* .safari class is added via JavaScript */
  -webkit-appearance: none;
}

#styled::-webkit-meter-suboptimum-value {
  background: linear-gradient(
    to bottom,
    #ffff77,
    #999900 45%,
    #999900 55%,
    #ffff77
  );
  height: 100%;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

JavaScript

// Safari requires <meter> elements to have an `appearance` of `none` for custom styling
// using `::-webkit-meter-*` selectors, but `appearance: none` breaks rendering on Chrome.
// Therefore, we must check if the browser is Safari-based.

const isSafari =
  navigator.userAgent.includes("AppleWebKit/") &&
  !navigator.userAgent.includes("Chrome/");

if (isSafari) {
  document.body.classList.add("safari");
}

Result

Interactive exampleOpen the canonical MDN source to run this embedded demo.

Specifications

Not part of any standard.

Browser compatibility

Browser compatibilityCompatibility data is available on the canonical MDN page.