progress

A dial style readout showing one value on an arc between a minimum and a maximum, borrowed from instrument panels.

A persistent, updating view of something in progress, shown in system places like a lock screen so a reader can follow it without opening the app.

A gauge of a known quantity within a known range, such as disk used or password strength, where the level is a fact rather than a task.

The row of small dots under a carousel or onboarding screen showing how many pages there are and which one you are on.

A filling bar reporting how far along a task is, determinate when the end is known and indeterminate when it is not.

A circular progress indicator that fills around a ring, often with the percentage in the middle.

An indeterminate loading indicator that shows work is happening without saying how much of it is left.

A row or column of numbered stages showing where you are in a multi step flow and what remains.

A flow broken into ordered steps with back and next controls, where each step validates before the next one is allowed.

Starting a progress meter part filled, so the reader feels they are continuing something already begun rather than starting from nothing.

Effort rising as a visible goal gets closer, which is why interfaces show how little is left rather than how much has been done.

Showing the work a system is doing, or stretching it, so the answer feels earned: the search that lists the sites it is checking instead of answering at once.

A persistent list of setup tasks with completion state and a progress meter, kept available so the reader can return to unfinished steps.

Showing the work as it happens, the kitchen made visible, so a wait is understood rather than merely endured and the result is trusted more for having been watched.

A gauge that scores a password while it is typed and names what would improve it, replacing a list of rules with continuous feedback.

A bar tied to scroll position that shows how much of an article remains, usually pinned to the top edge and filling as the reader descends.

A loading state made of grey shapes standing where the content will be, showing the layout before the data arrives.

Telling the reader where they are in a multi step task and how many steps are still to come, so the end of the task is visible from the start.

Animating a number toward its value instead of setting it, often with digits rolling like an odometer so the change is legible.

The moving highlight that sweeps across placeholder shapes to signal that content is still on its way.

Marking a region as still loading so assistive technology waits for the finished result instead of reading each row as it streams in.