::-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 {
  /* ... */
}

Specifications

Not part of any standard.

Examples

This will only work in WebKit and Blink-based browsers, such as Safari, Chrome, and Chromium-based versions of Edge.

HTML

html

<meter min="0" max="10" value="6">Score out of 10</meter>

CSS

css

meter {
  /* Reset the default appearance for -webkit- only */
  -webkit-appearance: none;
}

meter::-webkit-meter-inner-element {
  -webkit-appearance: inherit;
  box-sizing: inherit;
  border: 1px solid #aaa;
}

Result

Browser compatibility

BCD tables only load in the browser

See also

The pseudo-elements used by WebKit/Blink to style other parts of a <meter> element are as follows: