# Speed Gauge

**Speed gauge** chart is a type of data visualization often used to display a single data value with a quantitative context. The advantage of this chart lays in the fact that it’s easy to interpret, useful in situations where the expected value of the data is already known.

## The Method To Use <a href="#the-method-to-use.1" id="the-method-to-use.1"></a>

The method is `s.plt.speed_gauge()`

The speed gauge s a gauge (a meter) that collects and displays the instantaneous value of a measurable quantity.

### 1. Default Configuration <a href="#id-2.-title-for-the-chart-and-changing-data" id="id-2.-title-for-the-chart-and-changing-data"></a>

This can be achieved using:

```python
s.plt.speed_gauge(
    name='Third', value=60, order=0,
    min_value=0, max_value=100,
    rows_size=2, cols_size=12,
)
```

![The speed gauge is in the default configuration.](https://3782181538-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FUlHTfmIZY46Z1EDfyGMz%2Fuploads%2FtLCpfPfFJKtuctNzcZbE%2FGauge.png?alt=media\&token=fd9037cf-490d-40ce-b5f5-3c604f25931f)

### 2. Customization And Context <a href="#id-2.-title-for-the-chart-and-changing-data" id="id-2.-title-for-the-chart-and-changing-data"></a>

It is possible to personalize the **title** of the chart and change data at will. **Padding** controls the position of the gauge on the page.

This can be achieved using:

```python
s.plt.speed_gauge(
    name='Third', value=60, order=0,
    rows_size=2, cols_size=12,
    min_value=0, max_value=100,
    padding='0,0,0,2', title='Speed (km/h)',
)
```

![Note the space before the component using padding='0,0,0,2', and its size with cols\_size=6.](https://3782181538-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FUlHTfmIZY46Z1EDfyGMz%2Fuploads%2Fd0WghPu9uDUp9MdroYSG%2FGauge%20Customized.png?alt=media\&token=1e877b47-9599-4b21-8f03-cc1083df7e5f)

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### Featured Content

[changing-the-menu-path](https://docs.shimoku.com/dev/building-web-app/menu/changing-the-menu-path "mention")\
The `menu_path` can be modified.<br>

[using-the-grid](https://docs.shimoku.com/dev/building-web-app/grid/using-the-grid "mention")

It is possible to use any number of rows.
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