variablelist

Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block.

There are many ways to deal with the problems presented in formatting a variable list with long Terms. DocBook does not mandate any particular presentation. The TermLength attribute may influence the presentation of Terms.

Future Changes

Introductory material may appear before the first list item.

Parents

These elements contain variablelist: answer, appendix, article, bibliodiv, bibliography, blockquote, callout, caption, caution, chapter, colophon, constraintdef, dedication, entry, example, footnote, glossary, glossdef, glossdiv, highlights, important, index, indexdiv, informalexample, legalnotice, listitem, msgexplan, msgtext, note, para, partintro, preface, procedure, qandadiv, qandaset, question, refsect1, refsect2, refsect3, refsection, refsynopsisdiv, revdescription, sect1, sect2, sect3, sect4, sect5, section, setindex, sidebar, simplesect, step, taskprerequisites, taskrelated, tasksummary, td, textobject, th, tip, warning.

Children

The following elements occur in variablelist: abstract, address, anchor, authorblurb, beginpage, blockinfo, blockquote, bridgehead, caution, classsynopsis, cmdsynopsis, constructorsynopsis, destructorsynopsis, epigraph, fieldsynopsis, formalpara, funcsynopsis, graphic, graphicco, highlights, important, indexterm, informalequation, informalexample, informalfigure, informaltable, literallayout, mediaobject, mediaobjectco, methodsynopsis, note, para, programlisting, programlistingco, remark, screen, screenco, screenshot, simpara, synopsis, tip, title, titleabbrev, varlistentry, warning.