    | DocBook: The Definitive Guide 2.0.10 (Alpha) |
| | DocBook: The Definitive Guide 2.0.10 (Alpha) |
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prompt — A character or string indicating the start of an input field in a computer display
prompt ::= (#PCDATA|replaceable|inlinegraphic|inlinemediaobject|indexterm| beginpage|co)*
Name | Type | Default | |||
| moreinfo |
| "none" |
A Prompt is a character or character string marking the beginning of an input field. Prompts are generally associated with command-line interfaces and not graphical user interfaces (GUIs). In GUIs, GUILabel is usually more appropriate.
Formatted inline. The MoreInfo attribute can help generate a link or query to retrieve additional information.
Prompt was added in DocBook V3.0. It duplicates the semantics of <systemitem class="prompt">. The prompt attribute will be removed from SystemItem in the future.
These elements contain prompt: action, application, attribution, bibliomisc, bridgehead, citation, citetitle, classsynopsisinfo, code, command, computeroutput, database, emphasis, entry, filename, firstterm, foreignphrase, funcparams, funcsynopsisinfo, function, glosssee, glossseealso, glossterm, hardware, interfacename, keycap, lineannotation, link, literal, literallayout, lotentry, member, msgaud, olink, option, optional, para, parameter, phrase, primary, primaryie, productname, programlisting, property, quote, refdescriptor, refentrytitle, refname, refpurpose, remark, screen, screeninfo, secondary, secondaryie, see, seealso, seealsoie, seeie, seg, segtitle, simpara, subtitle, synopsis, systemitem, td, term, tertiary, tertiaryie, th, title, titleabbrev, tocback, tocentry, tocfront, trademark, ulink, userinput.
The following elements occur in prompt: beginpage, co, indexterm, inlinegraphic, inlinemediaobject, replaceable.
computeroutput, constant, envar, filename, literal, markup, option, optional, parameter, replaceable, sgmltag, systemitem, userinput, varname.
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| programlistingco | | property |