<navtitle>

A navigation title is an alternative title for a resource. It is designed for situations where the topic title is unsuitable for use in a table of contents or navigation pane.

Usage information

The <navtitle> element is a convenience element. It is equivalent to a <titlealt> element with @title-role set to navigation.

Processing expectations

Processing expectations are dictated by the rules for the <titlealt> element.

In some cases, when processing a <topicref> element that has no @href attribute, the navigation title can also be used as the title of the generated topic, if applicable.

Specialization hierarchy

The <navtitle> element is specialized from <titlealt>. It is defined in the alternative-titles domain module.

Content model

(Text | <data> | <sort-as> | <foreign> | <keyword> | <term> | <text> | <ph> | <strong> | <em> | <b> | <i> | <line-through> | <overline> | <sup> | <sub> | <tt> | <u> | <draft-comment> | <required-cleanup> )*

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Attributes

The following attributes are available on this element: universal attributes and @title-role.

For this element, @title-role has a default value of navigation.

The following attributes are available on this element: universal attributes and the attributes defined below.

@title-role (REQUIRED)
Specifies the role that the alternative title serves. Multiple roles are separated by white space. The following roles are defined in the specification: linking, navigation, search, subtitle, and hint.

Processors can define custom values for the @title-role attribute.

For this element, @title-role has a default value of navigation.

Examples

This section is non-normative.

This section contains examples of how the <navtitle> element can be used.

Example 1. <navtitle> in a topic

The following code sample shows a <navtitle> element used in a topic. The <navtitle> element contains a shorter title that processors render in a TOC or navigation pane when the topic is published.

<task id="publishing-dita">
  <title>Publishing a DITA information set in PDF</title>
  <shortdesc>You can quickly publish your DITA information to PDF.</shortdesc>
  <prolog>
    <navtitle>Publishing in PDF</navtitle>
  </prolog>
  <!-- ... -->
</task>
Example 2. <navtitle> in a map

The following code sample shows a <navtitle> element used in a DITA map. The navigation title in the map takes precedence over a navigation title that is specified in the topic.

<map xml:lang="en">
  <title>Publishing a DITA information set</title>
  <topicref href="2378d670f2op78.dita">
    <topicmeta>
      <navtitle>Publishing to PDF</navtitle>
    </topicmeta>
  </topicref>
</map>