Circular progress indicator with a color gradient with SVGs?

Question

I need to make a circular progress indicator with a color gradient. I also need the \'ends\' of the progress circle to be rounded. This image has everything Im trying to ach

Answer 1

Your original code nearly worked. The problem was that the stroke color of the progress circle was being overridden by the stroke: blue; in the CSS. Removing this allows the gradient to apply to the circle's stroke, as desired.

var control = document.getElementById('control');
var progressValue = document.querySelector('.progress__value');

var RADIUS = 54;
var CIRCUMFERENCE = 2 * Math.PI * RADIUS;

function progress(value) {
  var progress = value / 100;
  var dashoffset = CIRCUMFERENCE * (1 - progress);

  // console.log('progress:', value + '%', '|', 'offset:', dashoffset)

  progressValue.style.strokeDashoffset = dashoffset;
}

control.addEventListener('input', function(event) {
  progress(event.target.valueAsNumber);
});

progressValue.style.strokeDasharray = CIRCUMFERENCE;
progress(60);

.demo {
  flex-direction: column;
  display: flex;
  width: 120px;
}

.progress {
  transform: rotate(-90deg);
}

.progress__meter,
.progress__value {
  fill: none;
}

.progress__meter {
  stroke: grey;
}

.progress__value {
  /* stroke: blue; */
  stroke-linecap: round;
}

<div class="demo">
  <svg class="progress" width="120" height="120" viewBox="0 0 120 120">
    <defs>
      <linearGradient id="linearColors" x1="1" y1="0" x2="0" y2="1">
        <stop offset="5%" stop-color="#01E400"></stop>
        <stop offset="25%" stop-color="#FEFF01"></stop>
        <stop offset="40%" stop-color="#FF7E00"></stop>
        <stop offset="60%" stop-color="#FB0300"></stop>
        <stop offset="80%" stop-color="#9B004A"></stop>
        <stop offset="100%" stop-color="#7D0022"></stop>
      </linearGradient>
    </defs>
    <circle class="progress__meter" cx="60" cy="60" r="54" stroke-width="12" />
    <circle class="progress__value" cx="60" cy="60" r="54" stroke-width="12" stroke="url(#linearColors)" />
  </svg>
  <input id="control" type="range" value="60" />
</div>

Answer 2

Instead of using a gradient you can give the illusion of a gradient by using 100 circles each with a different fill. I'm using the fill-opacity attribute to set the element either fully opaque or fully transparent.

I hope it helps.

const SVG_NS = 'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg';
const CIRCUMFERENCE = base.getTotalLength()
const UNIT = CIRCUMFERENCE / 100;
let circles=[];//the array of circles

//create 100 circles each with a different fill color to create the illusion of a gradient
for(let i = 0; i<100; i++){
  let pos = base.getPointAtLength(i*UNIT);
  let o = {cx:pos.x,cy:pos.y,r:5.5,'fill-opacity':0,fill:`hsl(220,100%,${50 + (100-i)/2}%)`}
  circles.push(drawCircle(o, progress__value));  
}

progress();

control.addEventListener('input', progress);

function progress(){
  let val = control.valueAsNumber;
  for(let i = 0; i<circles.length; i++){
    if(i<=val){
    circles[i].setAttributeNS(null,'fill-opacity',1)    
    }else{
    circles[i].setAttributeNS(null,'fill-opacity',0)
    }
  } 
}

// a function to create a circle
function drawCircle(o, parent) {
  var circle = document.createElementNS(SVG_NS, 'circle');
  for (var name in o) {
    if (o.hasOwnProperty(name)) {
      circle.setAttributeNS(null, name, o[name]);
    }
  }
  parent.appendChild(circle);
  return circle;
}

svg{border:solid}

.demo {
  flex-direction: column;
  display: flex;
  width: 120px;
}

.progress__meter{
    fill: none;
}

.progress__meter {
    stroke: grey;
}

<div class="demo">  
    <svg class="progress"  viewBox="-2 -2 124 124">
        <path class="progress__meter" id="base" d="M60,6A54,54 0 0 1 60,114A54,54 0 0 1 60,6z"  stroke-width="12" />
      <g id="progress__value"></g>
    </svg>
    <input id="control" type="range" value="60" />
</div>