Question

I’m trying to make a percentage bar for iOS, so I couldn’t use the <input type="range" />, then I’m doing it like this:

<div id="detailedPercentage">
    <div id="percLabel">70%</div>
</div>

With this CSS, where perc.png is a 1px colored with rgb(136, 153, 170):

#detailedPercentage {
    height: 32px;
    width: 286px;
    margin-right: 15px;

    border: 1px solid #222;
    background-image: url(../images/perc.png);
    background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242);
    background-repeat: repeat;
    background-size: 70%;
}

#percLabel {
    height: 32px;
    width: 100%;
    color: #222;
    text-align: center;
    font-family: Georgia;
    line-height: 32px;
    font-size: 19px;
    background-color: transparent;
}

But the background is filling 100% of the box. What should I do to correct this?

Answer 1

You can use stacked elements to make a progress meter.

HTML – Note the percDisplay element.

<div id="detailedPercentage">
    <div id="percDisplay"></div>
    <div id="percLabel">70%</div>
</div>

CSS – Note the position properties.

#detailedPercentage {
    height: 32px;
    width: 480px;
    margin: 15px;
    border: 1px solid #222;
    background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242);
    position: relative;
}
#percDisplay {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0px;
    left: 0px;
    z-index: 1;
    background-color: rgb(136, 153, 170);
    width: 70%;
    height: 32px;
}
#percLabel {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0px;
    left: 0px;
    z-index: 2;
    height: 32px;
    width: 100%;
    color: black;
    text-align: center;
    font-family: Georgia;
    line-height: 32px;
    font-size: 19px;
    background-color: transparent;
}

http://jsfiddle.net/bxedY/4/