::-webkit-meter-inner-element
Non-standard: This feature is non-standard and is not on a standards track. Do not use it on production sites facing the Web: it will not work for every user. There may also be large incompatibilities between implementations and the behavior may change in the future.
::-webkit-meter-inner-element is a proprietary WebKit CSS pseudo-element for selecting and applying styles to the outer containing element of a <meter> element. Additional markup to render the meter element as read-only.
Syntax
css
::-webkit-meter-inner-element { /* ... */ } Examples
This will only work in WebKit and Blink-based browsers, such as Safari, Chrome, and Chromium-based versions of Edge.
HTML
html
Normal: <meter min="0" max="10" value="6">Score 6/10</meter> <br /> Styled: <meter id="styled" min="0" max="10" value="6">Score 6/10</meter> CSS
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-inner-element { -webkit-appearance: inherit; box-sizing: inherit; border: 1px dashed #aaa; } JavaScript
js
// 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 is_safari = navigator.userAgent.includes("AppleWebKit/") && !navigator.userAgent.includes("Chrome/"); if (is_safari) { document.body.classList.add("safari"); } Result
Specifications
Not part of any standard.
Browser compatibility
See also
The pseudo-elements used by WebKit/Blink to style other parts of a <meter> element are as follows:
