action

$Revision: 1.3 $

$Date: 2002/06/12 11:17:59 $

action — A response to a user event

Synopsis

Mixed Content Model

action ::=
(#PCDATA|link|olink|ulink|action|application|classname|methodname|
 interfacename|exceptionname|ooclass|oointerface|ooexception|
 command|computeroutput|database|email|envar|errorcode|errorname|
 errortype|errortext|filename|function|guibutton|guiicon|guilabel|
 guimenu|guimenuitem|guisubmenu|hardware|interface|keycap|keycode|
 keycombo|keysym|literal|code|constant|markup|medialabel|
 menuchoice|mousebutton|option|optional|parameter|prompt|property|
 replaceable|returnvalue|sgmltag|structfield|structname|symbol|
 systemitem|uri|token|type|userinput|varname|nonterminal|anchor|
 remark|subscript|superscript|inlinegraphic|inlinemediaobject|
 indexterm|beginpage)*

Attributes

Common attributes

Name

Type

Default

moreinfo
Enumeration:
none
refentry
"none"

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.