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ProgressIndicator[x]

represents a progress indicator with setting x in the range 0 to 1.

ProgressIndicator[Dynamic[x]]

takes the setting to be the dynamically updated current value of x.

ProgressIndicator[x,{xmin,xmax}]

represents a progress indicator with range xmin to xmax.

ProgressIndicator[x,Indeterminate]

represents a progress indicator with indeterminate range.

Details and Options
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Scope  
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ImageMargins  
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ProgressIndicator

ProgressIndicator[x]

represents a progress indicator with setting x in the range 0 to 1.

ProgressIndicator[Dynamic[x]]

takes the setting to be the dynamically updated current value of x.

ProgressIndicator[x,{xmin,xmax}]

represents a progress indicator with range xmin to xmax.

ProgressIndicator[x,Indeterminate]

represents a progress indicator with indeterminate range.

Details and Options

  • ProgressIndicator[…] displays in a notebook as a progress indicator going from left to right; it does not allow interactive modification.
  • ProgressIndicator[x,Indeterminate] displays as an object that changes whenever x changes. »
  • The following options can be given:
  • Appearance Automaticthe overall appearance of the progress indicator
    BaselinePosition Automaticalignment relative to surrounding text
    BaseStyle{}base style for the progress indicator
    ImageMargins 0margins around the image of the progress indicator
    ImageSize Automaticthe overall image size of the progress indicator
  • ProgressIndicator[] is equivalent to ProgressIndicator[0].
  • ProgressIndicator[Appearance->val] can create an indeterminate progress indicator that runs constantly. Settings for val that create such indicators include:
  • "Indeterminate"
    "Necklace"{}[[3]]
    "ArcUp"{}[[3]]
    "ArcDown"{}[[3]]
    "ArcUpFill"{}[[3]]
    "Percolate"{}[[3]]
    "Ellipsis"{}[[3]]
  • The settings for BaseStyle are appended to the default style typically given by the "ProgressIndicator" style in the current stylesheet.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (1)

Create a progress indicator set at 0.8 in the default range 0 to 1:

Wolfram Language code: ProgressIndicator[0.8]

Scope  (3)

Use the default range 0 to 1:

Wolfram Language code: {ProgressIndicator[Dynamic[x]], Slider[Dynamic[x]]}

Use the fixed range 0 to 10:

Wolfram Language code: {ProgressIndicator[Dynamic[x], {0, 10}], Slider[Dynamic[x], {0, 10}]}

Use an unknown range, and indicate change in the progress variable:

Wolfram Language code: {ProgressIndicator[Dynamic[x], Indeterminate], Slider[Dynamic[x], {0, 10}]}

Options  (4)

Appearance  (1)

Predefined progress indicator appearances:

Wolfram Language code: Table[ProgressIndicator[Appearance -> a], {a, {"Indeterminate", "Necklace", "ArcUp", "ArcDown", "ArcUpFill", "Percolate", "Ellipsis"}}]

BaselinePosition  (1)

Align with surrounding text:

Wolfram Language code: Row[Table[ProgressIndicator[0.5, ImageSize -> 100, BaselinePosition -> p], {p, {Top, Center, Bottom}}], "xxx"]

ImageMargins  (1)

Add margins to the indicator:

Wolfram Language code: Table[Framed@ProgressIndicator[0.5, ImageMargins -> m], {m, {0, 5, 10, 15}}]

ImageSize  (1)

Specify the overall image size:

Wolfram Language code: Grid[Table[ProgressIndicator[0.7, Background -> Gray, ImageSize -> {w, h}], {h, {10, 30, 50}}, {w, {30, 50, 80, 220}}]]

Applications  (3)

Display the progress of a computation:

Wolfram Language code: ProgressIndicator[Dynamic[n], {100, 140}]
Wolfram Language code: Table[(n = k;FactorInteger[2 ^ k - 1]), {k, 100, 140}];

Use Indeterminate to indicate activity of unknown duration:

Wolfram Language code: k = 0;ProgressIndicator[Dynamic[k], Indeterminate]
Wolfram Language code: L = 4; eqs = {D[u[t, x, y], t, t] == D[u[t, x, y], x, x] + D[u[t, x, y], y, y] + Sin[u[t, x, y]], u[t, -L, y] == u[t, L, y], u[t, x, -L] == u[t, x, L], u[0, x, y] == Exp[-(x ^ 2 + y ^ 2)], Derivative[1, 0, 0][u][0, x, y] == 0};

Use EvaluationMonitor to track solution activity in numerical functions:

Wolfram Language code: NDSolve[eqs, u, {t, 0, L / 2}, {x, -L, L}, {y, -L, L}, EvaluationMonitor :> k++]

Display activity indefinitely:

Wolfram Language code: ProgressIndicator[Dynamic[Clock[Infinity]], Indeterminate]

Properties & Relations  (2)

The zero-argument case is equivalent to zero progress:

Wolfram Language code: {ProgressIndicator[], ProgressIndicator[0]}

Use PrintTemporary to display a progress indicator while a cell is evaluating:

Wolfram Language code: PrintTemporary[ProgressIndicator[Appearance -> "Percolate"]]; Pause[5];
Wolfram Research (2007), ProgressIndicator, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ProgressIndicator.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2007), ProgressIndicator, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ProgressIndicator.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2007. "ProgressIndicator." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ProgressIndicator.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2007). ProgressIndicator. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ProgressIndicator.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_progressindicator, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ProgressIndicator}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ProgressIndicator.html}", note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_progressindicator, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ProgressIndicator}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ProgressIndicator.html}, note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}