action

$Revision: 1666 $

$Date: 2002-06-12 07:19:37 -0400 (Wed, 12 Jun 2002) $

action — A response to a user event

Synopsis

Mixed Content Model

action ::=
(%cptr.char.mix;)*

Attributes

Common attributes

Name

Type

Default

moreinfo
Enumeration:
none
refentry
"none"

Parameter Entities

The following parameter entities contain action:

Parameter Entities
%cptr.char.mix;%ndxterm.char.mix;%para.char.mix;
%refinline.char.mix;%refname.char.mix;%tbl.entry.mdl;
%tech.char.class;%title.char.mix; 

Description

Actions are usually associated with GUIs. An event might be movement or clicking of the mouse, a change in focus, or any number of other occurrences.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline. The MoreInfo attribute can help generate a link or query to retrieve additional information.

Future Changes

The content model of Action will be constrained to (#PCDATA | Replaceable | InlineGraphic) in DocBook V4.0.

Attributes

moreinfo

If MoreInfo is set to RefEntry, it implies that a RefEntry exists which further describes the Action.

Examples

<!DOCTYPE para PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
          "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<para>
Selecting <guimenuitem>Close</guimenuitem> closes the file and automatically
runs <action>end of job cleanup</action>.
</para>

Selecting Close closes the file and automatically runs end of job cleanup.