Drawing and Data Visualization

Learning progress timeline chart

Complete a timeline chart in a learning-progress scenario: with real content, actionable controls, clear status feedback, and responsive layouts across sizes.

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    <header class="mast"><div><span class="eyebrow">dashboard / Timeline Chart / BEGINNER</span><h1>Learning progress timeline chart</h1><p class="intro">Complete a timeline chart in a learning-progress scenario: with real content, actionable controls, clear status feedback, and responsive layouts across sizes.</p></div><span class="scenario">Learning Progress</span></header>
    <div class="composition-index"><section class="demo" aria-label="Learning progress timeline chart interactive area"><div class="workflow-session"><header class="session-command"><div><span class="eyebrow">Learning Progress SESSION</span><h2>Learning cycle timer</h2></div><output id="workflowSessionClock">00:45</output><label>Round Duration<input id="workflowSessionLength" type="range" min="15" max="90" step="15" value="45"><span>sec</span></label><button id="workflowSessionToggle" class="action primary" type="button">Start reviewing</button></header><div id="workflowSessionProgress" role="progressbar" aria-label="Learning Cycle Progress" aria-valuemin="0" aria-valuemax="100" aria-valuenow="0"><i></i></div><section id="workflowCore" class="workflow-core session-stage" data-session-phase="ready" tabindex="-1"><!-- 11DZ_CORE_START:drawing-data-viz-timeline-chart --><div class="drawing-pattern drawing-pattern-7"><div class="canvas-shell"><canvas id="artboard" width="900" height="440" aria-label="Timeline chart canvas" aria-describedby="canvasDescription"></canvas><div class="canvas-tools panel"><span class="eyebrow">CANVAS MODE 8</span><h2>Timeline Chart</h2><label>Complexity <input id="canvasAmount" type="range" min="4" max="28" value="31"></label><button id="redrawCanvas" class="action primary" type="button">Redraw</button><p id="canvasDescription" class="muted">A timeline chart is drawn on a dark canvas using two high-contrast colors, with the complexity slider determining the number of shapes; the entire scene is generated locally in the browser.</p></div></div><form id="timelineMilestoneForm" class="drawing-controller timeline-controller"><header><span class="eyebrow">MILESTONE EDITOR</span><h3>Learning Progress Timeline</h3></header><label>Date<input id="timelineDate" type="date" value="2026-07-13"></label><label>Milestone<input id="timelineLabel" required value="Phase review"></label><button class="action" type="submit" data-core-bridge="drawing-data-viz-timeline-chart">Add to timeline</button><ol id="timelineMilestones"><li data-day="1">Launch</li><li data-day="12">Review</li></ol></form></div><!-- 11DZ_CORE_END --></section><footer class="session-log"><strong id="workflowSessionScore">0 interaction checkpoints</strong><ol id="workflowSessionLaps" aria-label="Round Log"></ol></footer></div><p id="status" class="status" role="status" aria-live="polite"></p></section><aside class="index-mark" aria-hidden="true"><strong>05</strong><span>Learning Progress FIELD INDEX</span></aside></div>
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