I would like to draw something simple like this using HTML and CSS:
|_____|_____|_____|_____|
with aligned numbers underneath each vertical bar, e.g. 0, 1, 2, 3, 4
etc.
I would also like to adjust the space between bars programmatically. Is there any example I can follow?
I try never to preach using tables for non-tabular data, but you could just do it using a table:
<table width=100% style='font-family: monospace;'>
<tr style='border-bottom: 1px solid #000;'>
<td>
|
</td><td>
|
</td><td>
|
</td><td>
|
</td><td width=1%>
|
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
0
</td><td>
1
</td><td>
2
</td><td>
3
</td><td>
4
</td>
</tr>
</table>
A fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/ZH7Lx/
Here are some CSS on-screen rulers in a fiddle :-p There are probably better/fancier ways to set the spacing, but I included a simple example that loops through and adjusts the salient values.
Here is a good example:
<label>0</label>
<label>100</label>
<label>200</label>
...
https://codepen.io/cfenzo/pen/jEGQGm
or another example
https://codepen.io/pbweb/pen/grQKEK
A static answer:
<pre>
|____|____|____|____|
0 1 2 3 4
</pre>
To be able to change it, use JavaScript.
Check this out:
http://jsfiddle.net/thirdender/kwcug/
<ul class="ruler"><li>1</li><li>2</li><li>3</li><li>4</li></ul>
<div>
<ul class="ruler" data-items="10"></ul>
</div>
Looks more fancy and can be easily customized.