DocBook 5.1: The Definitive Guide  (Version 1.5.3 for DocBook 5.1)

guibutton

guibutton — The text on a button in a GUI.

Synopsis

guibutton ::= [-]

Description

A guibutton identifies the text that appears on a button in a graphical user interface.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline.

Children

The following elements occur in guibutton: text, abbrev, accel, acronym, alt, anchor, annotation, biblioref, coref, date, emphasis (db._emphasis), firstterm (db._firstterm), footnote, footnoteref, foreignphrase (db._foreignphrase), glossterm (db._glossterm), indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange), indexterm (db.indexterm.singular), indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange), inlinemediaobject, link, olink, phrase (db._phrase), quote (db._quote), remark, replaceable, subscript, superscript, trademark, wordasword, xref.

Examples

<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
<title>Example guibutton</title>

<para>The exact text of the <guilabel>Legend</guilabel> and other labels on the
graph is dependent upon the language of the current locale.  Likewise,
the text of the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button and other buttons may vary.
The <guiicon><inlinemediaobject>
<imageobject condition="print">
<imagedata fileref="figs/print/db5d_reficon01.pdf"/>
</imageobject>
<imageobject condition="web">
<imagedata fileref="figs/web/db5d_reficon01.png"/>
</imageobject>
</inlinemediaobject></guiicon>
icon and the other icons on the left side of the display may be
configured by the local administrator, but they are not
generally expected to vary from locale to locale.
</para>

</article>

The exact text of the Legend and other labels on the graph is dependent upon the language of the current locale. Likewise, the text of the OK button and other buttons may vary. The icon and the other icons on the left side of the display may be configured by the local administrator, but they are not generally expected to vary from locale to locale.