: The Progress Indicator element

The <progress> HTML element displays an indicator showing the completion progress of a task, typically displayed as a progress bar.

{{InteractiveExample("HTML Demo: <progress>", "tabbed-standard")}} 

<label for="file">File progress:</label>

<progress id="file" max="100" value="70">70%</progress>

label {
  padding-right: 10px;
  font-size: 1rem;
}

Attributes

This element includes the global attributes.

• max
  • : This attribute describes how much work the task indicated by the progress element requires. The max attribute, if present, must have a value greater than 0 and be a valid floating point number. The default value is 1.
• value
  • : This attribute specifies how much of the task that has been completed. It must be a valid floating point number between 0 and max, or between 0 and 1 if max is omitted. If there is no value attribute, the progress bar is indeterminate; this indicates that an activity is ongoing with no indication of how long it is expected to take.

[!NOTE] Unlike the {{htmlelement("meter")}}  element, the minimum value is always 0, and the min attribute is not allowed for the <progress> element.

[!NOTE] The {{cssxref(":indeterminate")}}  pseudo-class can be used to match against indeterminate progress bars. To change the progress bar to indeterminate after giving it a value you must remove the value attribute with {{domxref("Element.removeAttribute", "element.removeAttribute('value')")}} .

Accessibility

Labelling

In most cases you should provide an accessible label when using <progress>. While you can use the standard ARIA labelling attributes aria-labelledby or aria-label as you would for any element with role="progressbar", when using <progress> you can alternatively use the {{htmlelement("label")}}  element.

[!NOTE] Text placed between the element’s tags is not an accessible label, it is only recommended as a fallback for old browsers that do not support this element.

Examples

<label>
  Uploading Document: <progress value="70" max="100">70 %</progress>
</label>

<!-- OR -->
<br />

<label for="progress-bar">Uploading Document</label>
<progress id="progress-bar" value="70" max="100">70 %</progress>

Result

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Describing a particular region

If the <progress> element is describing the loading progress of a section of a page, use aria-describedby to point to the status, and set aria-busy="true" on the section that is being updated, removing the aria-busy attribute when it has finished loading.

Examples

<div aria-busy="true" aria-describedby="progress-bar">
  <!-- content is for this region is loading -->
</div>

<!-- ... -->

<progress id="progress-bar" aria-label="Content loading…"></progress>

Result

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Examples

<progress value="70" max="100">70 %</progress>

Result

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Technical summary

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• Creating vertical form controls
• {{htmlelement("meter")}} 
• {{ cssxref(":indeterminate") }} 
• {{ cssxref("-moz-orient") }} 
• {{ cssxref("::-moz-progress-bar") }} 
• {{ cssxref("::-webkit-progress-bar") }} 
• {{ cssxref("::-webkit-progress-value") }} 
• {{ cssxref("::-webkit-progress-inner-element") }}