Quick Start

In this quick start, you'll learn how to add the LinearGauge widget to an HTML project using HTML markup and jQuery script.

To create a new HTML page in your favorite text editor, add the following code and save the document with an .html extension.
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<!DOCTYPE HTML> <HTML> <head> </head> <body> </body> </HTML>

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<!DOCTYPE HTML> <HTML> <head> </head> <body> </body> </HTML>

Add links to the dependencies to your HTML page within the <head> tags. Find the latest dependencies in the content delivery network (CDN) file at wijmo cdn.

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<!--jQuery References--> <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.0/jquery-ui.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <!--Theme--> <link href="http://cdn.wijmo.com/themes/aristo/jquery-wijmo.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <!--Wijmo Widgets CSS--> <link href="http://cdn.wijmo.com/jquery.wijmo-pro.all.3.20183.140.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <!--Wijmo Widgets JavaScript--> <script src="http://cdn.wijmo.com/jquery.wijmo-open.all.3.20183.140.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="http://cdn.wijmo.com/jquery.wijmo-pro.all.3.20183.140.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="http://cdn.wijmo.com/interop/wijmo.data.ajax.3.20183.140.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

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<!--jQuery References--> 
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.0/jquery-ui.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

<!--Theme-->
<link href="http://cdn.wijmo.com/themes/aristo/jquery-wijmo.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

<!--Wijmo Widgets CSS-->
<link href="http://cdn.wijmo.com/jquery.wijmo-pro.all.3.20183.140.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

<!--Wijmo Widgets JavaScript-->
<script src="http://cdn.wijmo.com/jquery.wijmo-open.all.3.20183.140.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="http://cdn.wijmo.com/jquery.wijmo-pro.all.3.20183.140.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="http://cdn.wijmo.com/interop/wijmo.data.ajax.3.20183.140.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

Add the following markup within the <body> tags to create the widget. The <div> element creates the widget, and we call its id attribute in jQuery to initialize it.
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<div id="lineargauge1"></div>

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<div id="lineargauge1"></div>

Within the <head> tags, below the references, add the following script to initialize the widget and set the following options.

Sets the value shown by the pointer to 31.
Sets the maximum value for the gauge to 50.
Sets the minimum value for the gauge to 0.
Draws a red range from 35 to 50 with a width of 25% of the height of the gauge.

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<script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function () { $("#lineargauge1").wijlineargauge({ value: 31, max: 50, min: 0, ranges: [{ startWidth: .25, endWidth: .25, startValue: 35, endValue: 50, startDistance: 0.75, endDistance: 0.75, style: { fill: "red", stroke: "blue" } }] }); }); </script>

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<script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function () {
        $("#lineargauge1").wijlineargauge({
            value: 31,
            max: 50,
            min: 0,
            ranges: [{
                startWidth: .25,
                endWidth: .25,
                startValue: 35,
                endValue: 50,
                startDistance: 0.75,
                endDistance: 0.75,
                style: {
                    fill: "red",
                    stroke: "blue"
                }
            }]
        });
   });
</script>

Save your HTML file and open it in a browser. The widget appears like the following live widget.

Reference

wijlineargauge API