It draws a progress bar based on Bootstrap. This form field is not an input type. It just creates a progress bar. It was introduced from Joomla 3.2 version.

Example XML Definition:

<field name="meter"
 active="true"
 type="meter"
 label="Meter"
 max="1000"
 min="1"
 step="10"
 default="240"
 />

Parameters

Mandatory Parameters

• name is the unique name of the parameter.
• type must be meter.
• label (translatable) is the descriptive title of the field.
• min: minimum value of the progress bar.
• max: maximum value of the progress bar.

Optional Parameters

• description (translatable) tooltip for the form field.
• class specify your own classes for additional markup.
• size sets the input size of the field.
• default the initial value of the progress bar.
• step the step at which the progress changes on the bar.
• animated (default:true) sets whether the progress bar is animated or not.
• active (default:false) sets whether the progress bar animation is active. Works with animated.