<tasktroubleshooting>

Task troubleshooting information is information that is intended to help people respond to the situation if a task does not complete as expected.

Usage information

In particular, the <tasktroubleshooting> element can be used to explain how users can recover when the results of a task do not match those listed in the <result> element. The troubleshooting remedy typically contains one or more actions for solving a problem. For complex remedies, link to another task.

Rendering expectations

Implementations might want to consider having their stylesheets render a label for this element.

Specialization hierarchy

The <tasktroubleshooting> element is specialized from <section>. It is defined in the task module.

Attributes

The following attributes are available on this element: universal attributes.

The following attributes are available on this element: universal attributes.

Example

This section is non-normative.

In the following code sample, the <tasktroubleshooting> element contains brief information that explains the steps that the user can take when the results of a task are not as expected. For a complex remedy, the author could provide a link to another task topic.

<task id="add-new-categories>
  <title>Adding new user categories</title>
  <taskbody>
    <steps>
    <!-- ... -->
    </steps>
    <result>
      <p>The User Type menu displays the new types you added.</p>
    </result>
    <tasktroubleshooting>
      <p>If the User Type menu does not display the additions, try
      one or more of the following:
        <ul>
          <li>Refresh the page</li>
          <li>Verify that Add Types window is not still open; if so, 
           go to it and press <uicontrol>OK</uicontrol>.</li>
        </ul>
      </p>
    </tasktroubleshooting>
  </taskbody>