<uicontrol>
A user interface control is a label for an item that allows a person or tool to control an interface, such as a button, field, menu item, or other object.
Usage information
The <uicontrol> element is also used inside
a <menucascade> element to identify a
sequence of menu choices in a nested menu, such as .
Specialization hierarchy
The <uicontrol> element is specialized from
<ph>. It is defined in the user-interface domain module.
Content model
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<data>
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<sort-as>
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<foreign>
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<keyword>
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<markupname>
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<apiname>
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<option>
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<parmname>
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<cmdname>
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<msgnum>
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<varname>
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<wintitle>
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<numcharref>
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<parameterentity>
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<textentity>
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<xmlatt>
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<xmlelement>
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<xmlnsname>
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<xmlpi>
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<term>
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<abbreviated-form>
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<text>
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<image>
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<shortcut>
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<abbreviated-form> -
<apiname> -
<cmdname> -
<data> -
<foreign> -
<image> -
<keyword> -
<markupname> -
<msgnum> -
<numcharref> -
<option> -
<parameterentity> -
<parmname> -
<shortcut> -
<sort-as> -
<term> -
<text> -
<textentity> -
<varname> -
<wintitle> -
<xmlatt> -
<xmlelement> -
<xmlnsname> -
<xmlpi>
Attributes
The following attributes are
available on this element: universal
attributes and @keyref.
The following attributes are available on this element: universal attributes and the attributes defined below.
@keyref- Specifies a key
name that acts as a redirectable reference based on a key
definition within a map. See STUB CONTENT for information on using
this attribute.
For HDITA, the equivalent of
@keyrefis@data-keyref
Example
This section is non-normative.
The following code sample shows how the
<uicontrol> element can be used to
identify a button that a user is directed to press:
<p>Press <uicontrol>OK</uicontrol> to continue.</p>