UicontrolThe user interface control (<uicontrol>)
element is used to mark up names of buttons, entry fields, menu items, or
other objects that allow the user to control the interface. Use the <uicontrol>
element inside a <menucascade> element to identify
a sequence of menu choices in a nested menu, such as File
> New. This element is part of the DITA
user interface domain, a special set of DITA elements designed to document
user interface tasks, concepts and reference information.
[edit] Example
Press the <uicontrol>OK</uicontrol> button.
[edit] Contains
[edit] Contained by
| Doctype
| Parents
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| ditabase
| data, title, shortdesc, desc, p, note, lq, q, sli, li, itemgroup, dthd, ddhd, dt, dd, figgroup, pre, lines, ph, stentry, draft-comment, fn, cite, xref, entry, abstract, section, example, linkinfo, prereq, context, cmd, info, tutorialinfo, stepxmp, choice, choptionhd, chdeschd, choption, chdesc, stepresult, result, postreq, refsyn, proptypehd, propvaluehd, propdeschd, proptype, propvalue, propdesc, glossterm, glossdef, menucascade, screen, b, u, i, tt, sup, sub, codeph, codeblock, pt, pd, fragref, synnote
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| topic
| data, title, shortdesc, desc, p, note, lq, q, sli, li, itemgroup, dthd, ddhd, dt, dd, figgroup, pre, lines, ph, stentry, draft-comment, fn, cite, xref, entry, abstract, section, example, linkinfo, menucascade, screen, b, u, i, tt, sup, sub, codeph, codeblock, pt, pd, fragref, synnote
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| task
| data, title, shortdesc, desc, p, note, lq, q, sli, li, itemgroup, dthd, ddhd, dt, dd, figgroup, pre, lines, ph, stentry, draft-comment, fn, cite, xref, entry, abstract, section, example, linkinfo, prereq, context, cmd, info, tutorialinfo, stepxmp, choice, choptionhd, chdeschd, choption, chdesc, stepresult, result, postreq, menucascade, screen, b, u, i, tt, sup, sub, codeph, codeblock, pt, pd, fragref, synnote
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| concept
| data, title, shortdesc, desc, p, note, lq, q, sli, li, itemgroup, dthd, ddhd, dt, dd, figgroup, pre, lines, ph, stentry, draft-comment, fn, cite, xref, entry, abstract, section, example, linkinfo, menucascade, screen, b, u, i, tt, sup, sub, codeph, codeblock, pt, pd, fragref, synnote
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| reference
| data, title, shortdesc, desc, p, note, lq, q, sli, li, itemgroup, dthd, ddhd, dt, dd, figgroup, pre, lines, ph, stentry, draft-comment, fn, cite, xref, entry, abstract, section, example, linkinfo, refsyn, proptypehd, propvaluehd, propdeschd, proptype, propvalue, propdesc, menucascade, screen, b, u, i, tt, sup, sub, codeph, codeblock, pt, pd, fragref, synnote
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| glossary
| data, title, shortdesc, desc, p, note, lq, q, sli, li, itemgroup, dthd, ddhd, dt, dd, figgroup, pre, lines, ph, stentry, draft-comment, fn, cite, xref, entry, abstract, section, example, linkinfo, glossterm, glossdef, menucascade, screen, b, u, i, tt, sup, sub, codeph, codeblock, pt, pd, fragref, synnote
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[edit] Inheritance:
+ topic/ph ui-d/uicontrol
[edit] Attributes
| Name
| Description
| Data Type
| Default Value
| Required?
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| %univ-atts; (%select-atts;, %id-atts;, %localization-atts;)
| A set of related attributes, described at %univ-atts;
| parameter entity
| PE not
applicable
| Not applicable
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| %global-atts; (xtrf, xtrc)
| A set of related attributes, described at %global-atts;
| parameter entity
| PE not
applicable
| Not applicable
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| class, outputclass, keyref
| Common attributes described in Other common DITA attributes
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TOC: Language Specification 1.1
Parent topic: User interface elements
Next topic: wintitle
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