ChoicetableThe <choicetable> element contains a series
of optional choices available within a step of a task.
By default, the highlighting of the choice column
is bold. To change the highlighting, set the keycol attribute of the ChoiceTable
tag to 0 (zero).
<step><cmd>Then this</cmd>
<substeps>
<substep importance="optional"><cmd>which is done by doing this</cmd></substep>
<substep importance="required"><cmd>and then this.</cmd></substep>
</substeps>
'''<choicetable>'''
<chhead>
<choptionhd>Do something</choptionhd>
<chdeschd>Or Else this</chdeschd>
</chhead>
<chrow><choption>Do this</choption>
<chdesc>and this will happen</chdesc></chrow>
<chrow><choption>Do that</choption>
<chdesc>and that will happen</chdesc></chrow>
'''</choicetable>'''
</step>
[edit] Contains
| Doctype
| Content model
|
| ditabase, task
| ( (
chhead) (optional) then (
chrow) (one or more) )
|
[edit] Contained by
| Doctype
| Parents
|
| ditabase, task
| step
|
[edit] Inheritance:
- topic/simpletable task/choicetable
[edit] Attributes
| Name
| Description
| Data Type
| Default Value
| Required?
|
| relcolwidth
| A relative value to specify the width of a column in relationship
to the width of the other columns. The values are totaled and made a percent.
For example:
relcolwidth="1* 2* 3*"
causes
widths of 16.7%, 33.3%, and 66.7%.
relcolwidth="90* 150*"
causes
width of 37.5% and 62.5%.
| CDATA
| #IMPLIED
| No
|
| keycol
| Defines the column that will be used for row headings. By default,
the first column is used. To indicate that no column in the table
is the key column, set the attribute to 0.
| NMTOKEN
| 1
| No
|
| refcols
| Designates columns that contain references, and are candidates for
automated linking. Columns are identified by a space-delimited list of numbers
(for example: 1 3).
| NMTOKENS
| #IMPLIED
| No
|
| spectitle
| The specialized title attribute allows architects of specialized
types to define a fixed or default title for a specialized element. Not intended
for direct use by authors.
| CDATA
| #IMPLIED
| No
|
| %display-atts; (scale, frame, expanse)
| A set of related attributes, described at %display-atts;
| parameter entity
| PE not
applicable
| Not applicable
|
| %univ-atts; (%select-atts;, %id-atts;, %localization-atts;)
| A set of related attributes, described at %univ-atts;
| parameter entity
| PE not
applicable
| Not applicable
|
| %global-atts; (xtrf, xtrc)
| A set of related attributes, described at %global-atts;
| parameter entity
| PE not
applicable
| Not applicable
|
| class, outputclass
| Common attributes described in Other common DITA attributes
|
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